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Inadequate Security

Holding Property Owners and Managers Responsible for Injuries and Deaths Caused by Inadequate Security

Were you assaulted in a parking lot without security guards, escorts or surveillance cameras? Were you attacked in a hotel, shopping center, stairwell, apartment building or other premises? Did the property owner or manager fail to provide adequate security or safety measures?

Owners and managers of buildings and other property have a duty to make their property reasonably safe for visitors, especially when they have knowledge of past assaults or ongoing criminal activity. If you or someone you love was injured on someone else's property, you may be entitled to compensation for your losses in a premises liability claim.

Contact our Georgia law firm or call us toll free at 1.800.242.2962 to speak with a nationally recognized personal injury lawyer about your premises liability claim. We offer free consultations in our offices in Atlanta or Columbus, Georgia

Innocent victims are shot, robbed, raped and assaulted every day in this country. Prudent property owners take measures to protect themselves and other people from being injured or killed on their premises. When investigating a premises liability claim related to inadequate security, we look at what security measures were or were not taken, such as:

  • Were security cameras installed and properly maintained?
  • Was there adequate lighting to deter criminal activity?
  • Were tenants or visitors informed of ongoing criminal activity or past attacks or car jackings?
  • Were security guards or escorts available to walk customers to their cars in dangerous parking lots or parking ramps?
  • Were security intercom systems or call boxes in working order?

The Experience You Need in Premises Liability Claims

At Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer, our attorneys have recovered millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for our clients in premises liability lawsuits. In one case, we represented a client who was attacked and injured in a dangerous area due to inadequate hotel security. In another case, we represented a young woman who was shot and paralyzed in an Augusta shopping mall due to inadequate mall security and negligent property management.

Contact us for a free evaluation of your case involving inadequate security or premises liability.
Success Stories

$17,716,401 Verdict / Auto Product Liability / Ford Explorer Rear Restraint System / Lap Only Seat Belt

12/18/2009 Wheeler v. Ford Motor Company, et al., State Court, Clayton County, Georgia.

Plaintiffs Lynn and Douglas Wheeler won their design defect and failure to warn claims against Ford Motor Company relating to the 2002 Ford Explorer. On Christmas morning 2005, 58 year old Lynn Wheeler was on her way to church with her family. Lynn Wheeler was seated in the rear center seat of her son’s 2002 Ford Explorer, wearing the lap-only seat belt Ford installed for that seating position. Two of Lynn Wheeler’s grandchildren were in child seats on either side of her. As they entered a curve on Noah’s Ark Road, a 2-door Eagle Talon coupe driven by John C. Stanley crossed the centerline and struck the Explorer head-on.

$5,470,000 Verdict/Wrongful Death

10/23/09 Pitts v. A&G Trucking. Inc., et al., State Court of DeKalb County, Georgia.

Plaintiffs, four minor children, recovered for the death of their father, who was killed by a dump truck driver while the decedent was working as a "spotter" or "flag man" on the runway expansion at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport. According to eye-witnesses, the driver of the dump truck was talking on her cell phone or CB radio and was given a stop signal by the deceased.

$45,000,000 Settlement | Credit Insurance/Consumer Rights Class Action

10/31/07 Toole v. J.M.I.C. Life Insurance Company, Superior Court of Muscogee County, Georgia

Plaintiff Toole represented a class of people who prepaid J.M.I.C. Life Insurance Company premiums for credit life and disability insurance policies when they purchased vehicles. J.M.I.C. Life Insurance Company contractually promised to refund any unearned premium if class members paid off the insured loans before the five-year term had expired, but failed to do so when they paid off the insured loans early.

$105,500,000 Verdict | Defective Automobile

11/23/04 Flax v. Daimler Chrysler Corporation and Louis A. Stockell, Jr., Circuit Court for Davidson County, Tennessee

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With offices in Atlanta and Columbus, Georgia, the attorneys at Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer, LLP represent the seriously injured throughout Georgia, including the cities of Atlanta, Columbus, Marietta, Smyrna, Roswell, Gainesville, Peachtree City, Forest Park, Riverdale, Lagrange, Macon, and Savannah. Our lawyers have handled accident and defective product claims nationwide, including Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wyoming.