by Spencer Aronfeld | Sep 26, 2018 | Negligent Security
A lawsuit recently filed by a Jacksonville family whose daughter was shot and killed outside her apartment, sheds light on the responsibility landlords and business owners have in providing their customers and tenants with safe premises. This duty not only extends to preventing slip, trip and falls on the property- but also ensuring safety from [...]
by Spencer Aronfeld | Jul 17, 2013 | Negligent Security, Personal Injury News and Safety Resources, Slip and Fall/Premises Liability
This week, Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal dismissed the case of Ernesto Vallejos, a forklift operator who was injured while working at Miami International Airport as an employee of Professional Aviation Management, Inc., which provided workers to load and unload cargo for Lan Cargo. On the day of the accident, Mr. Vallejos was driving [...]
by Spencer Aronfeld | Jul 14, 2013 | Negligent Security, Wrongful Death
In the middle of the night, Miami business owner Jose Lazaro Rodriguez got a call from his security company that the burglar alarm at his store had gone off. They informed him that the police had been notified and were on their way. Mr. Rodriguez grabbed his licensed handgun and headed to his business. He [...]
by Spencer Aronfeld | Jul 8, 2013 | Negligent Security
Rabie Cortez, a California woman on a vacation in Mexico, was sexually assaulted during a complimentary massage. She was in Cancun as part of a carefully orchestrated sales and marketing package tour commonly used by the timeshare industry to seduce potential customers into purchasing prepaid vacation plans. She filed a lawsuit against the Moon Palace [...]
by Spencer Aronfeld | Jan 2, 2013 | Negligent Security
A Florida court dismissed a lawsuit brought by the family of a man killed while operating an illegal "chop shop" out of an apartment complex. Freddie Smith was fatally shot while dealing in stolen property in violation of Florida Statute §812.019. His family sued the owners and property managers for inadequate security that directly caused [...]
by Spencer Aronfeld | Oct 23, 2012 | Medical Malpractice, Negligent Security, Wrongful Death
The unexpected suicide of a friend, coworker or loved one leaves many wondering why? New research in the American Journal of Public Health reports suicides have surpassed car crashes as the nation's leading cause of injury-related death. According to the CDC's latest published report, there were 34,598 reported suicide deaths in the United States with [...]
