Proving a Negligent Security Claim

We’re representing a man that was shot in a convenience store on the Gordon Highway in Augusta, Georgia by a criminal. He asked us what he needed to prove to bring a successful negligent security case against the convenience store in Georgia. If you’re reading this, you may have similar questions.

The answer is the convenience store needs to be on notice of criminal activity and being in a dangerous neighborhood. There needs to be prior similar events of other robberies or other criminal activity being close to the convenience store or on the premise of the convenience store. Attorneys that do negligent security cases get police reports of other similar crimes, other similar incidents at the convenience store or around the convenience store.

The company may have policy and procedures about hiring security guards to keep their customers safe, hiring security patrols, often policemen, putting their cashiers behind plexiglass, locking the doors to the convenience store, and having windows at a convenience store to keep criminals away from customers and to keep criminals away from the money. If you have any questions about negligent security cases in Georgia, please feel free to give us a call. We’d be happy to help.