PREMISES LIABILITY LAWYER
Crime victims' legal rights

With increasing frequency, crime victims are seeking compensation from the owners and managers of properties on which accidents and crimes takes place. During these court cases, known as premises liability cases, juries are being informed that the crime was the result of a perpetrator's ability to take advantage of a lack of security in a certain building or property.

Weitz & Luxenberg wants our clients to know their rights and how a lawyer can be of service. Fill out this simple questionnaire for a FREE Premises Liability lawsuit evaluation and keep these thoughts in mind to help understand your case.

• There are hundreds of years worth of historical evolution of the legal basis for premises liability cases and their connection to Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED). 
• With the development of CPTED, architects, developers, and property owners have an important tool for proactive crime prevention.
• Factors such as not having a security plan, not being aware of what is happening on the property, and not having properly trained guards may all contribute to the occurrence of crime.
• In order to find for the plaintiff in premises liability cases, the jury must implicitly agree that the setting in which the crime took place was critical and that had the property been designed or laid out differently and adequately guarded, the criminal would likely have been deterred or prevented from attacking.
• Courts use the "totality of the circumstances test" to determine whether security measures were inadequate and below generally accepted standards for a particular industry.
• The lack of prior similar crimes does not mean that a property owner should not take reasonable precautions to prevent crimes that most would agree should be reasonably foreseeable.

Therefore, property owners can expect to be subject to increasing litigation if they fail to take reasonable steps to make their property secure.

Act now! It is essential that you inquire about your case as soon as possible. Litigation may be the only way to receive the damages to which you may be entitled, such as medical and health care bills, lost or diminished wages, and financial compensation to family in the case of death. Your individual state's law may limit your time to bring a legal claim to protect your rights. You need to have your property accident claim evaluated immediately!

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