A negligent security case after a Memphis apartment shooting does not rise or fall on the shooting itself. It rises or falls on whether the apartment complex failed to provide the reasonable security that Tennessee law requires and whether that failure was the cause of the harm. Building that case...
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A negligent security claim against an apartment complex is not built on the fact that a shooting occurred. It is built on evidence showing that the shooting was foreseeable, that the property’s security measures were inadequate, and that those failures contributed to what happened. Gathering that evidence requires a focused...
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Tennessee premises liability law requires property owners and managers to protect tenants and guests from foreseeable criminal acts. The word foreseeable is central to every negligent security case. A property owner is not automatically liable for every crime that occurs on their premises, but they are responsible for crimes that...
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