| Negligent Security Verdicts & Settlements | Click on case name to purchase report | |
| Verdict & Settlement Disposition | Description | Case Name |
| $2,500,000 | Student raped, murdered in university's dormitory. Family claimed school failed to react to increase of crime on campus and in dorms. | Estate of Dickinson v. Eastern Michigan University Michigan, matter not filed. (12/6/07) |
| $2,000,000 | Apartment complex's resident shot and killed in parking lot. Estate claimed security absent in high-crime area, despite complex's claim of 24-hour security. |
Estate of Pata v. Colony Apartments Florida, matter not filed. (5/22/07) |
| $1,296,000 | Bar's patron sustained broken wrist, ear damage in brawl. He claimed bar's staff failed to eject or stop serving rowdy crowd. Bar contended fight was not foreseeable. | Barnes v. Dixie N.Y.C. Inc. Kings Co., N.Y., Sup. Ct., No 31655/04 (8/8/07) |
| $504,100 | Cafe's patron cracked bottle over other patron's head. Injured man alleged owner didn't call 9-1-1 because cafe was to be sold; owner claimed fight not foreseeable. | Rho v. Cafe New York New York Los Angeles Co., Calif., Super. Ct., No. BC327439 (7/31/07) |
| $500,000 | Woman raped at knifepoint in store's parking lot. She claimed contracted guard didn't have store-issued radio, but defense contended guard did all he could do. | Doe v. Wal-Mart Corp. Harris Co., Texas, Dist. Ct., No. 2006-69653 (9/5/07) |
| $400,000 | Assault victim claimed housing development's board of directors didn't beef up security, despite known prevalence of crime. BOD cited lack of funds. | Horton v. Pine Point Villas Palm Beach Co., Fla., County Ct., No. 50 2005 CA 2816 AO (9/5/07) |
| $300,000 | Bar's off-duty bouncer punched while quelling parking-lot scuffle after regular bouncer had been sent home early. Bar claimed it had no duty to secure the lot. | Evanovich v. Beemer's Inc. Allegheny Co., Pa., Ct. C. P., No. GD-05-018872 (5/29/07) |
| $250,000 | Concertgoer shot and killed in melee outside of venue. Decedent's family claimed security slow to respond, but defense argued that decedent initiated the melee. | Estate of Pierson v. Our Town Family Center Pima Co., Ariz., Super. Ct., No. C20063115 (7/25/07) |
| Defense | Plaintiff claimed landlord didn't stop evicted boyfriend from stealing her possessions. Landlord claimed plaintiff was not named in lease and, thus, was not its responsibility. | Banks v. Mid Peninsula Housing Management Corp. Santa Clara Co., Calif., No. 1-06-CV-068858 (6/11/07) |
| Defense | Corrections officer hurt pursuing prisoner who fled during exam at hospital. He claimed hospital doors were left open; hospital claimed prisoner wasn't shackled. | Ashmont v. Trinitas Hospital Union Co., N.J., Super. Ct., No. UNN-L-1738-04 (2/5/07) |
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