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Serving Injured Louisianans Since 2013, With Every Case Prepared for Trial

Assaults, shootings, robberies, sexual assaults, and other criminal acts can leave victims facing serious injuries and difficult questions about a property’s security. Poor lighting, broken gates, inadequate surveillance, missing warnings, and ineffective access controls may support a premises liability claim. Prompt legal review matters because footage, reports, and other evidence can disappear or be overwritten.

We represent injured people throughout Louisiana, including New Orleans. Since 2013, we’ve handled thousands of personal injury cases and recovered more than $10 million. We prepare every case for trial, particularly when insurers dispute foreseeability or try to shift responsibility away from a property owner or operator.

Call (504) 438-2342 to request a free evaluation of your potential negligent security claim.

Why Injured Louisianans Choose Cossé Injury Law

These disputes often involve multiple businesses, insurers, and property management companies. We investigate the circumstances, manage insurance communications, and challenge efforts to minimize the seriousness of your injuries.

Our approach includes:

Individual attention: We treat each case like it’s our only case.
Louisiana-focused representation: Our roots in the state shape our commitment to the people and communities we serve.
Trial preparation: We build each claim with litigation in mind rather than relying on an insurer to offer a fair resolution.
Contingency fees: We don’t get paid unless you get paid.

When Inadequate Security May Support a Claim

Negligent security is a type of premises liability claim involving a property owner’s or operator’s response to a foreseeable risk of criminal activity. A claim doesn’t arise simply because a crime occurred. The analysis must consider the security conditions, control of the premises, knowledge of the risk, and connection between the alleged failure and the injury.

These cases may involve apartment complexes, hotels, parking garages, parking lots, bars, restaurants, stores, or event venues. Relevant conditions can include inadequate lighting, broken locks, unsecured gates, ineffective access controls, missing warnings, insufficient surveillance, or inadequate security personnel.

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How Louisiana Law Evaluates Foreseeability & Property Responsibility

Under the Posecai framework, Louisiana courts consider the foreseeability and gravity of a criminal risk when deciding whether a business owed a duty to take protective measures. The degree of foreseeability required can depend on the measure at issue. Hiring security guards may require stronger evidence of foreseeable danger than installing better lighting, cameras, or fencing or maintaining vegetation.

Louisiana Civil Code Article 2317.1 may also apply when an unsafe condition or defect contributed to the damage. It addresses knowledge, preventability, and the exercise of reasonable care. Property owners aren’t automatically responsible for every criminal act on their premises. Duty, control, knowledge, and causation depend on the specific facts.

Evidence That Can Shape an Inadequate Security Claim

Evidence can establish which security measures existed, who controlled them, and what the responsible parties knew before the incident. Acting promptly is important because surveillance systems may overwrite recordings, physical conditions can change, and witnesses’ recollections may fade.

Relevant materials may include:

Surveillance footage and photographs
Police reports and internal incident reports
Witness names and statements
Security contracts and staffing records
Lighting, maintenance, gate, and lock records
Prior complaints and information about earlier incidents

Our trial preparation begins with preserving and evaluating available evidence before an insurer or property owner can shape the account of what happened.

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Who May Be Responsible & What Losses May Be Recovered

Criminal acts on unsafe property can cause gunshot wounds, stab wounds, fractures, traumatic brain injuries, spinal injuries, soft tissue damage, permanent disability, and psychological trauma. Fatal incidents may also lead to wrongful death and survival claims, depending on the circumstances and the claimant’s legal relationship to the person who died.

Potential defendants may include a property owner, landlord, business operator, property manager, tenant, or security contractor. Available damages depend on the evidence but may include emergency care, ongoing medical treatment, rehabilitation, lost wages, reduced earning capacity, pain and suffering, emotional distress, and qualifying losses associated with a fatal injury.

Louisiana Deadlines for Negligent Security Claims

Louisiana Civil Code Article 3493.1 generally establishes a two-year liberative prescription period for delictual actions covered by the article. Liberative prescription is Louisiana’s term for the deadline to bring a civil claim. The period generally begins on the date the injury or damage occurs.

The applicable deadline may differ based on when the incident happened or whether the claim involves a public entity, government-owned property, a minor, wrongful death, or another special circumstance. Because exceptions and notice requirements may apply, don’t rely on a general webpage deadline for advice about your case.

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What to Do After an Injury on New Orleans Property

Your immediate safety and medical needs come first. Once you’re safe, take practical steps to preserve information that may become important to your claim.

Consider taking these steps:

Seek appropriate medical care and follow your treatment instructions.
Report the incident to law enforcement and the property owner or manager when it’s safe to do so.
Preserve photographs, videos, clothing, receipts, messages, and other available records.
Record witnesses’ names and contact information without placing yourself in danger.
Avoid giving an insurer a recorded statement before you understand your rights.

The New Orleans Police Department provides police report and records services for incidents within the city. Depending on the property, parties, and jurisdiction, litigation may proceed in the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans.

Discuss Your Case With Our Louisiana Injury Team

We bring Louisiana roots, individualized attention, and trial-focused preparation to claims involving unsafe property conditions. We can assess the available evidence, identify potentially responsible parties, and explain the legal issues that may affect your options.

For a free case evaluation, contact us online. We’re available around the clock and aim to respond to online inquiries in less than 24 hours.

Call (504) 438-2342 to speak with Cossé Injury Law about your next step.

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