"When I was injured due to inadequate security at a retail center in Columbus, I felt completely lost. This firm quickly stepped in, investigated the facts, and held the property owner accountable for their negligence. They treated my case with dignity and professionalism, securing a settlement that covered my medical bills and lost wages. I highly recommend them for any crime-related injury on someone else's property."
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Experienced Premise Liability Injury Attorney providing Personal Injury representation involving Injury Due to Failure to Warn Tenants/Visitors about Known Criminal Threats in the Vicinity throughout the State of Ohio.
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Ohio Negligent Security Attorney: Failure to Warn of Criminal Threats
Property owners and landlords in Ohio have a fundamental duty of care to protect their tenants and visitors. This duty is violated not only by failing to fix physical security hazards (like broken locks or poor lighting) but also by a failure to warn tenants or guests about known criminal threats in the vicinity or on the premises.
If a property owner is aware of specific, known dangers—such as a series of recent attacks, a credible threat, or unusual criminal activity—and chooses to remain silent, that omission can form the basis of a Premises Liability claim. If you were injured in an attack that could have been avoided with a simple warning, our experienced Personal Injury Attorney team will hold the negligent party accountable.
The Duty to Warn of Known Dangers Under Ohio Premises Liability
Under Ohio common law, the extent of a property owner’s liability is based on the visitor’s status. For invitees (customers, tenants, business guests), the owner owes the highest duty of care, which includes taking reasonable steps to warn against hidden dangers they know or should know about. This duty extends to warning against foreseeable criminal activity.
We prove a failure to warn claim by establishing the property owner had notice of the specific threat, making the injury foreseeable:
- Actual Knowledge: The owner, landlord, or manager received direct reports, police warnings, or internal communications detailing recent or imminent criminal threats in the vicinity or on the property.
- Specific Threats: The owner was aware of a pattern of similar, recent crimes (e.g., a string of parking lot muggings, or a known local serial offender targeting the area) but failed to issue a specific warning to tenants/visitors.
- Failure to Disclose: The owner actively withheld information about the known criminal threats that would have allowed the injured person to take necessary precautions.
Proving Breach and Causation: The Value of a Simple Warning
In a failure to warn case, we argue that the simple, low-cost action of providing a timely warning would have satisfied the owner’s duty of care and prevented the injury. We connect the owner's omission directly to the resulting harm (proximate cause):
- Breach of Duty: The owner breached the duty of care by failing to issue a reasonable warning, which is a mandatory security measure when known criminal threats are present, especially in an area of high turnover or traffic.
- Causation: We demonstrate that had the tenants or visitors been warned of the foreseeable criminal activity or specific threat, they would have exercised heightened caution (e.g., avoided the common area, secured their route, or chosen a safer time to visit), thus avoiding the personal injury.
- Negligent Omission: Unlike cases requiring expensive repairs, a failure to warn represents an easy and necessary preventative step that was ignored, highlighting the owner’s severe negligence.
Evidence, Damages, & Ohio's Statute of Limitations
Injuries sustained due to a property owner's failure to warn of known criminal threats can lead to significant and long-lasting physical and emotional injuries. Our firm aggressively pursues the evidence needed to prove the owner’s prior knowledge:
- Police & Crime Reports: Documentation of crimes and threats that occurred before your injury, proving the threat was known or knowable.
- Internal Memoranda & Emails: Discovering communications between property managers, landlords, or security personnel confirming their actual knowledge of the threats.
- Witness Testimony: Gathering statements from other tenants or visitors who were also unaware of the known criminal threats to demonstrate the universal failure to warn.
Under Ohio Revised Code (R.C.) 2305.10, the statute of limitations for most personal injury claims is typically two years. Victims are entitled to recover compensation for all medical care, psychological trauma, lost income, and non-economic damages, including pain and suffering.
Contact Our Ohio Personal Injury Attorneys Today
If you were injured due to an owner’s failure to warn tenants or visitors about known criminal threats or foreseeable criminal activity in Ohio, contact our dedicated legal team for assistance.
Call TOLL FREE: (800) 848-5297 today to schedule your Free Consultation.
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5000 Arlington Centre Blvd.
Columbus, OH 43220
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