The Haggard Law Firm’s Douglas McCarron has obtained a $2.8 Million settlement in a negligent security catastrophic injury case against a billiards hall and shopping center.
As part of the terms of the settlement, the names of the parties involved must remain publicly confidential.
The victim, John Doe, was a customer at a billiards hall at the defendant’s shopping center. On the night of the incident, John Doe observed a man getting physical with his waitress. Mr. Doe followed the man and waitress outside and asked the man to calm down. The man struck Mr. Doe in the head and a fight ensued. Bouncers from the hall broke up the altercation within seconds and instructed the other man the leave. Mr. Doe went back inside.
Approximately 15 minutes later, Mr. Doe walked outside to wait for a taxi. Unbeknownst to Mr. Doe, the other man remained in the parking lot and was waiting. The other man pulled his truck out of its parking space and started to drive in the victim’s direction. As the truck got closer to Mr. Doe, the man accelerated and drove straight into Mr. Doe. As a result of the impact, Mr. Doe was airlifted to the hospital where he was diagnosed with a de-gloving injury and an open proximal tibia shaft fracture. A few days later, the decision was made to perform an above-knee amputation of Mr. Doe’s leg.
Mr. Doe brought a negligent security case against the billiards hall and the shopping center owner for failing to provide security for its parking lot. For years, the billiards hall had many issues with violence that often spilled out into the parking lot. Despite multiple events, there was no manned security in the parking lot. Instead, there were only bouncers focused on the inside of the business.
The case settled for the billiard hall’s $300,000 policy limit and $2.5 million from the shopping center owner.
