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When a violent crime or injury occurs on someone else’s property due to inadequate security precautions, victims may be entitled to compensation through a negligent security claim. Premises liability law holds property owners accountable when their failure to provide reasonable security leads to foreseeable harm to guests. The sections below offer tips for proving…

Apartment complexes should be safe for tenants and their families. Unfortunately, when landlords or property managers fail to provide adequate security, residents become vulnerable to crimes such as theft, assault, or worse. If a landlord fails to address security risks and someone gets hurt, they could be held legally responsible for the injuries in…

Property owners have a legal responsibility to keep their premises reasonably safe for visitors, customers, and tenants. In some cases, owners and managers may owe a duty to provide adequate security for their premises.  If a person is injured due to negligent security at a property, they may have a premises liability claim under…

Landlords are not insurers of tenant safety. However, they do have legal obligations to maintain a secure environment for residents. Under most state laws, including those in Texas, landlords can be held responsible for certain types of security failures, especially if those failures contribute to a foreseeable injury, such as assault, robbery, or even…

In Texas, families can seek justice after an apartment shooting by filing a wrongful death claim. These civil lawsuits hold individuals, companies, or property owners accountable for causing or contributing to a person’s death. This type of legal claim is separate from criminal charges. While criminal cases focus on punishing the offender, a wrongful…

A birth injury can change the course of a child’s life and result in lifelong medical costs, developmental challenges, and intense emotional strain. If negligence caused your child’s birth injury, you may be entitled to pursue compensation through a medical malpractice claim. That compensation generally falls into two categories: economic damages and non-economic damages. …

Birth injury malpractice is a specific type of medical malpractice focused on negligent actions (or inaction) that harm a baby or mother during pregnancy, labor, delivery, or shortly after birth. Not every injury during childbirth is the result of medical negligence. However, some injuries arise because healthcare providers failed to meet the accepted standard…

Some birth injuries occur despite the best medical care, but others result from medical negligence before, during, or shortly after delivery. Medical malpractice occurs when a healthcare professional fails to provide the standard of care that another competent provider would have delivered under similar circumstances. In other words, it is a preventable error that…

When a child is born with an injury or medical condition, parents naturally wonder if a doctor or another medical professional may be responsible. To be sure, medical negligence is one of the leading causes of birth injuries and birth defects. These two conditions may sound the same, but they differ in cause, timing,…

Much like a new year, learning that you’re pregnant is a time full of wonder and excitement. A baby, despite their small size, changes almost everything. There’s a lot that goes into preparing for your little one, but really, the #1 concern for most parents is how to keep their baby healthy.