Premises Liability / Inadequate Security
When you stay at a hotel, shop at the mall, or run errands in a public building, you have a right to be safe from hazards to your health and safety that may be present. Owners of public buildings have a legal responsibility to protect you as a visitor to their business or organization from dangers.
Failure to protect visitors and guests from crime on the building premises may cause the building owner to be liable to you for their negligence.
Each year, hundreds of people are injured or hurt by criminal incidents or hazardous accidents that occur as a result of a building owner’s negligence in failing to secure the building.
Crimes in Hotels and Hospitals
Hotels and hospitals have a special responsibility to protect the safety of their guests and occupants from violent crime. Every year, individuals are victimized by violent acts of sexual assault, murder, and kidnapping in hotels and hospitals due, in part, to the owner’s failure to properly secure the building from intruders or to identify and apprehend threatening individuals who are already on the premises.
Legal claims may arise against the hospital or hotel owner for inadequate building security. Claims can include missing or inadequate door locks, inoperable security cameras or lights, or failing to appropriately respond to reports of criminal conduct on the premises.
In addition, if the owner knows or should know that the facility is in a high-crime area or that there is a heightened potential for criminal incidents based on the community environment, the owner may have an obligation to supplement existing security procedures and possibly warn guests of the threat.
Allowing Children to Play in Dangerous Areas
Owners of public buildings and spaces have an obligation to block access to areas that they know or should know are attractive places for children to play and explore. This is otherwise known as "attractive nuisance."
Under the attractive nuisance doctrine, owners may be liable when children are hurt or killed after entering into dangerous areas of the premises that the owner did not properly secure or take adequate measures to attempt to secure.
Common attractive nuisance areas include:
Each year, children are killed or sustain serious bodily injuries, including traumatic brain injuries and spinal cord injuries as a result of business owners’ failure to protect children. Parents and families of injured children deserve accountability to ensure that they are adequately compensated for the extensive long-term costs associated with caring for a seriously injured child as they grow and develop.
Why Us
The Gilbert Law Group has decades of experience investigating, litigating and resolving complex and challenging cases on behalf of hurt and injured children and adults. The Gilbert Law Group has obtained numerous multimillion dollar settlements and jury verdicts on behalf of clients in cases were individuals were seriously injured or killed.
Please visit the Contact Us section of our web site to notify The Gilbert Law Group about your case, or call us toll free at 1-877-431-4529 to discuss your matter. All initial consultations are free.
Our national reputation and extensive network of co-counsel relationships with experienced attorneys in dozens of states will provide you with a superior legal team to handle your case. We represent clients nationwide, including California, Pennsylvania, Washington, Florida, New Mexico, Colorado, Alabama, Mississippi, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Oregon.
In Colorado, The Gilbert Law Group is available to represent clients in Denver, Colorado Springs, Aurora, Lakewood, Fort Collins, Boulder, Arvada, Pueblo, Westminster, Thornton, Grand Junction, Durango, Aspen, Steamboat Springs, Silverthorne, Breckenridge, Montrose, Ouray, Glenwood Springs, and other Colorado cities and towns.
In New Mexico, The Gilbert Law Group is available to represent clients in Alamogordo, Albuquerque, Bernalillo, Carlsbad, Clayton, Clovis, Deming, Enchanted Hills, Espanola, Farmington, Hobbs, Las Cruces, Las Vegas, Los Alamos, Los Lunas, Maxwell, Raton, Rio Rancho, Roswell, Santa Fe, Santa Rosa, South Valley, Springer, Taos, Truth or Consequences, Wagon Mound, Watrous, and other New Mexico cities and towns.
Failure to protect visitors and guests from crime on the building premises may cause the building owner to be liable to you for their negligence.
Each year, hundreds of people are injured or hurt by criminal incidents or hazardous accidents that occur as a result of a building owner’s negligence in failing to secure the building.
Crimes in Hotels and Hospitals
Hotels and hospitals have a special responsibility to protect the safety of their guests and occupants from violent crime. Every year, individuals are victimized by violent acts of sexual assault, murder, and kidnapping in hotels and hospitals due, in part, to the owner’s failure to properly secure the building from intruders or to identify and apprehend threatening individuals who are already on the premises.
Legal claims may arise against the hospital or hotel owner for inadequate building security. Claims can include missing or inadequate door locks, inoperable security cameras or lights, or failing to appropriately respond to reports of criminal conduct on the premises.
In addition, if the owner knows or should know that the facility is in a high-crime area or that there is a heightened potential for criminal incidents based on the community environment, the owner may have an obligation to supplement existing security procedures and possibly warn guests of the threat.
Allowing Children to Play in Dangerous Areas
Owners of public buildings and spaces have an obligation to block access to areas that they know or should know are attractive places for children to play and explore. This is otherwise known as "attractive nuisance."
Under the attractive nuisance doctrine, owners may be liable when children are hurt or killed after entering into dangerous areas of the premises that the owner did not properly secure or take adequate measures to attempt to secure.
Common attractive nuisance areas include:
- Swimming pools, saunas, and Jacuzzis;
- Industrial and farm equipment storage sites;
- Roofs of public buildings;
- Stairwells and fire escapes;
- Construction and digging sites;
- Storage sites with old equipment, campers, or automobiles on which children may like to climb; and
- Wells, tunnels, and parking garages.
Each year, children are killed or sustain serious bodily injuries, including traumatic brain injuries and spinal cord injuries as a result of business owners’ failure to protect children. Parents and families of injured children deserve accountability to ensure that they are adequately compensated for the extensive long-term costs associated with caring for a seriously injured child as they grow and develop.
Why Us
The Gilbert Law Group has decades of experience investigating, litigating and resolving complex and challenging cases on behalf of hurt and injured children and adults. The Gilbert Law Group has obtained numerous multimillion dollar settlements and jury verdicts on behalf of clients in cases were individuals were seriously injured or killed.
Please visit the Contact Us section of our web site to notify The Gilbert Law Group about your case, or call us toll free at 1-877-431-4529 to discuss your matter. All initial consultations are free.
Our national reputation and extensive network of co-counsel relationships with experienced attorneys in dozens of states will provide you with a superior legal team to handle your case. We represent clients nationwide, including California, Pennsylvania, Washington, Florida, New Mexico, Colorado, Alabama, Mississippi, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Oregon.
In Colorado, The Gilbert Law Group is available to represent clients in Denver, Colorado Springs, Aurora, Lakewood, Fort Collins, Boulder, Arvada, Pueblo, Westminster, Thornton, Grand Junction, Durango, Aspen, Steamboat Springs, Silverthorne, Breckenridge, Montrose, Ouray, Glenwood Springs, and other Colorado cities and towns.
In New Mexico, The Gilbert Law Group is available to represent clients in Alamogordo, Albuquerque, Bernalillo, Carlsbad, Clayton, Clovis, Deming, Enchanted Hills, Espanola, Farmington, Hobbs, Las Cruces, Las Vegas, Los Alamos, Los Lunas, Maxwell, Raton, Rio Rancho, Roswell, Santa Fe, Santa Rosa, South Valley, Springer, Taos, Truth or Consequences, Wagon Mound, Watrous, and other New Mexico cities and towns.
