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Miami, Florida - Victims of violent crime have the right to receive compensation in certain cases. In Florida, Personal Injury Lawyers can file a civil lawsuit for negligent security or inadequate security in order to secure compensation for the victim and his or her family. These negligent security or inadequate security cases arise when land or business owners fail to take reasonable steps to protect their guests and patrons from foreseeable violent crime on their premises.

When these attacks occur on the premises of a business, the business operator and the land owners may be liable for the harm caused by third parties.

Unfortunately, most victims of violent crime have no idea that they may be entitled to compensation. Florida law imposes a legal duty on land and business owners, to provide a safe premises for their patrons.

Yesterday, a man who allegedly stabbed a twenty-four year old woman to death in a Manhattan grocery store was arrested in Miami, Florida.

The operators of a grocery store and the owners of the property or shopping center where it is located, are in the best position to know about the criminal activity in the area of their premises. For that reason, they have a duty to take reasonable precautions to protect their invited guests and the general public from foreseeable criminal attacks. That duty could include a duty to implement reasonable security measures to protect their guests.

Negligent or inadequate security cases usually arise out of violent criminal attacks including:

1). Rape
2). Murder
3). Robbery
4). Assault and Battery, and more recently,
5). Acts of Terrorism

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Posted In: Brain Damage , Catastrophic Injuries , Crime Victim's Rights , Death , Florida Wrongful Death , Inadequate or Negligent Security , Paralysis , Paraplegia , Premises Liability , Quadriplegia , Spinal Cord Injuries , Traumatic Brain Injury

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Palm Beach County, Florida - Several violent crimes, including a double murder and an armed robbery at an ATM have occurred at the Town Center Mall in Boca Raton, Florida since March of last year. Similarities in the way the crime victims were restrained in each incident has police looking into the possibility that the attacks are related.

The Florida personal injury lawyers at our firm have represented many crime victims in negligent security or inadequate security cases throughout the state of Florida. We have seen patterns like this too often. Security experts and law enforcement officials will tell you that crimes like robbery and rape (and the murders that often accompany them) are usually crimes of opportunity. Simply put; criminals commit this type of crime at places where security is minimal or all-together absent. That gives them the best chance to avoid apprehension.

The facts surrounding these incidents suggest that the mall needs to increase its security.

On August 7, 2007, a woman who had been shopping at the Town Center Mall in Boca Raton, Florida was abducted and forced to drive to a nearby ATM and withdraw $600 while her 2 year old son was held at gunpoint.

About 4 months later on December 12, 2007, the bodies of 47 year old Nancy Bochicchio, and 7 year old Joey Bochicchio-Hauser were found lying in a blood soaked car idling in the parking lot of Town Center mall. The mother and daughter had been shopping in the mall just hours earlier. Both had been shot in the head.

Boca Raton Police and The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office formed a joint task force and are investigating the crimes which they believe may be connected due to similarities including the way the victims were restrained and the use of blacked-out swimming goggles to blindfold the victims.

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Posted In: Crime Victim's Rights , Florida Wrongful Death , Inadequate or Negligent Security , Premises Liability

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