When a tenant or guest is assaulted, robbed, raped, or killed on another person's or corporation's property, the owner of the property may be liable (legally responsible) if it can be proved that their negligence led to the injury. If you or a loved one suffered an injury from such a crime, which you believe may be a result of the negligence of another person, you may be able to file a lawsuit to recover the costs involved to pay for medical bills, lost earnings, pain, disfigurement, emotional distress, and permanent physical disability. If the victim died, depending on where the incident took place, the damages could include pain and suffering and other human losses for certain members of the decedent's family, economic damages including money for lost financial support and replacement value of services, and money for funeral and estate expenses.

The properties on which such attacks may take place include:

• Apartments
• Shopping Mall parking lots
• Bars/Night Clubs
• Hotels/Motels
• Convenience Stores
• Fast Food and other Restaurants

In cases involving premises security, plaintiffs generally must prove that the property owners knew or by the exercise of reasonable care should have known that criminal activity against persons or property has occurred on the property, and did not take reasonable measures to protect tenants and invitees (customers or people invited to be on the premises) against these criminal activities.

If you have been the victim of a crime and suffered an injury due to what you believe is a property owner's negligence in Metropolitan Washington (including the Maryland suburbs and Northern Virginia) or Baltimore (and its surrounding counties), we'd like to hear from you. Contact us online or call us at 866-463-0303 (toll-free) or 202-463-0303 to set up a free consultation to discuss your legal options.