
Beyond slip-and-falls — negligent security cases (apartment complex shootings, hotel assaults, parking garage attacks) are a rapidly evolving area of Texas law where property owners can be held liable for preventable violence.
Quick answer: Texas courts increasingly recognize liability where a property owner knew of prior similar crimes and failed to implement reasonable security measures. Crime grids, police-call histories, and industry-standard security practices all become evidence.
We pull every police call within a defined radius and timeframe to establish foreseeability.
Industry experts evaluate what security measures the owner could and should have deployed.
Apartment and hotel management companies often have internal security assessments they never acted on.
The criminal and the property owner can both be liable. The owner's duty is independent: creating conditions where foreseeable crime happens.
You may still be covered. The owner's duty extends to invited guests and in some cases to anyone lawfully on the property.
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