Research Catalog

Title

A complete guide to premises security litigation / Alan Kaminsky.

Author

Kaminsky, Alan, 1958-

Publication

Chicago, Ill. : ABA, Tort, Trial & Insurance Practice Section, c2008.

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Details

Description

x, 370 p. : ill., map, form; 23 cm.

Subject

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

Note

• Includes index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Statistical information and elements of a premises security claim -- The importance of investigation: proper investigative techniques for ensuring favorable results -- Defending a premises security action: important strategies for successfully defending a landlord or business owner -- Proper use of experts in premises security cases -- Contesting psychological and emotional injuries of a crime victim: post-traumatic stress disorders -- How jurors view premises security claims -- Special concerns for landlords and business owners: important tactics for guarding against premises security claims -- How hotels, motels, restaurants, hospitals, and shopping centers can guard against liability in premises security lawsuits -- Suggestions for claims personnel: how to obtain favorable resolutions in premises security cases -- Liability of security companies for the actions/inactions of their employees -- Bank liability for assaults and robberies occurring at automatic teller machines -- The role of the assailant at trial -- Security surveys -- Preparing for an appeal in a premises security case -- The future of premises security litigation -- Lessons learned from trials -- Terrorism and civil lawsuits.

ISBN

9781590319413

LCCN

^^2007041374

OCLC

• 961832826
• SCSB-9987573

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library