The Haggard Law Firm’s Douglas McCarron has secured a $2 Million policy limit settlement in a wrongful death negligent security case involving a shooting a gas station.
Per terms of the settlement, the names of the parties cannot be released.
It is beyond dispute that the defendant’s property, a gas station and convenience store, had genuine security concerns and did nothing reasonable to make the property safer. The evidence clearly showed that the defendant, through its negligence and willful disregard for safety, proximately caused of the attack and death of The Haggard Law Firm’s client, “John Doe.”
Over the last few years, violent crime was rampant at the Defendants Palm Beach County, Florida property and in the surrounding neighborhood. The foreseeability of violent crime occurring at property was beyond dispute. A national crime indicator, utilized by companies throughout the US, indicated that that the likelihood of Crimes Against Persons at the gas station/liquor store was 7.54 times the national average. The risk of Homicide occurring at the property, was 8.99 times the national average while the risk of Rape was 7.88 times the national average, Aggravated Assault was at 9.52, and Robbery was at 7.41.
Despite these risks, the defendants failed to provide security, reasonable or otherwise. These failures allowed a masked man to loiter on the property and then shot Mr. Doe as he was walking into the store.
