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Negligent Security

Negligent Security

The Haggard Law Firm has litigated nearly 400 cases involving the failure to provide adequate security resulting in the victim suffering severe injuries and/or death.

Since 2007, The Firm has handled earned over $800 Million in verdicts and settlements in those cases.

Establishments such as bars, restaurants, flea markets, shopping centers, nursing homes, banks, hotels and apartment buildings have all been subjects of successfully litigated negligent security claims. By representing individuals permanently injured in cases stemming from negligent security, we take an active role in making the community safe for the public.

Recently, TopVerdict named two different Haggard Law Firm cases as the #1 inadequate security (negligent security) verdicts in Florida.

One of those cases was a $12 Million result in a case involving the murder of a young women in result in a motel.

The second case resulted in a $10.1 Million settlement. This negligent security case involved a young father who was paralyzed after a shooting during an attempted home invasion robbery.

Since 2007, The Firm has handled earned over $800 Million in verdicts and settlements in Negligent Security cases.

Managing Partner Michael A. Haggard successfully obtained a $102.7 Million verdict in a negligent security case thought to be the largest verdict of its kind in the country. On July 31, 2002, Sami Barrak was a patron at Tootsie’s Cabaret, which was a tenant at the Sierra Shopping Center owned by Report Investment Corporation. Mr. Barrak and a friend were leaving the establishment when the friend returned to retrieve an item left inside. As Mr. Barrak sat waiting in his car for his friend to return he was approached by an unknown person who attempted to rob him at gunpoint. After a brief exchange of unknown words, the assailant shot Mr. Barrak in the neck and left, rendering Mr. Barrak a ventilator-dependent quadriplegic.

Haggard and trial lawyer Douglas McCarron received an $8 Million verdict on behalf of the Garcia family. Starsky Garcia was criminally assaulted and mortally wounded in the parking lot of The Arbors Apartment Complex. He was visiting a friend’s apartment and was walking to his car in the apartment complex parking lot when we was shot and killed. He was only 27-years-old.a motel. In another negligent security case involving a young father who was paralyzed after a shooting during an attempted home invasion robbery on propoerty with poor security, the Firm obtained a $10.1 Million vedict.

Senior Partner William Andrew Haggard and McCarron were able to obtain a $2 Million settlement for the family of Bryan Pata, a standout University of Miami football player who was tragically shot in the parking lot of his apartment complex in Miami. For more case results, scroll down or click here.

Negligent Security Verdicts & Settlements

Gas Station Crime Victim Lawsuit - NBC West Palm Beach

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The Haggard Law Firm has successfully represented victims of crimes committed at commercial businesses, like gas stations, for decades. This video is a story by the NBC station in West Palm Beach with Haggard Law Managing Partner Michael Haggard. 

Negligent Security Cases

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Many of the negligent security cases our firm has litigated over the years involve violent crimes atgas stations. So what are the basic security measures gas stations should take to keep you safe? 

Strip Mall Shopping Center Crime - Negligent Security Cases

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The cornerstone of solidifying a negligent security case for a personal injury attorney is proving foreseeability of crime. Michael Haggard of the Haggard Law Firm discusses the topic using the example of a case where Haggard obtained a nearly $103 Million verdict.

Crime Victim Lawyers Discuss Negligent Security Murder Case - NBC Orlando

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The Haggard Law Firm has successfully handled hundreds of negligent security cases against property owners and managers who did not provide the security needed to prevent a crime from ending or changing the life of a victim attacked on a commercial property. This video is coverage of news conference in Orlando about a negligent security case against a local gas station.