Research Catalog

Title

A complete guide to premises security litigation / Alan Kaminsky.

Author

Kaminsky, Alan, 1958-

Publication

Chicago, Ill. : Torts and Insurance Practice Section, Section of Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law, American Bar Association, c2001.

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Additional Authors

• American Bar Association. Section of Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law.
• American Bar Association. Tort and Insurance Practice Section.

Description

x, 317 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Subject

• Actions and defenses > United States
• Premises liability > United States

Note

• Includes index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. I. Guide for handling premises security actions -- 1. Statistical information and elements of a premises security claim -- 2. The importance of investigation : proper investigative techniques for ensuring favorable results -- 3. Defending a premises security action : important strategies for successfully defending a landlord or business owner -- 4. Proper use of experts in premises security cases -- 5. Contesting psychological and emotional injuries of a crime victim : post-traumatic stress disorders -- 6. How jurors view premises security claims -- 7. Special conserns for landlords and business owners : important tactics for guarding against premises security claims -- 8. How hotels, motels, restaurants, hospitals, and shopping centers can guard against liability in premises security lawsuits -- 9. Suggestions for claims personnel : how to obtain favorable resolutions in premises security cases -- 10. Liability of security companies for the actions/ inactions of their employees -- 11. Bank liabilityfor assaults and robberies occurring at automatic teller machines -- 12. The role of assailant at trial -- 13. Security surveys -- 14. Preparing for an appeal in a premises security case -- 15. The future of premises security litigation -- 16. Lessons learned from trials -- pt. II. The multimillion-dollar claim of a twenty-one-year-old rape victim against her landlord for "inadequate security" -- Case study : Summit v. Forest Town National Housing Association -- pt. III. State-by-state overview of premises security cases and court decisions -- An analysis of landlords' and building owners' obligations to protect persons from criminal activity within their premises as set forth by the appellate courts of all fifty states.

ISBN

1570739498

LCCN

^^2001035567

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library