Premise Liability; Negligent Security

Obront, Corey & Schoepp, PLLC Law Firm (Curt David Obront); The Brenner Law (Jason Brenner)

Wicker Smith (Jeffrey Goodman, Co-Defendant Counsel on behalf of Miami-Dade County)

Dismissal with Prejudice as to Feick Security Corporation

Senior Associate Carissa Gangemi, Esq., obtained a dismissal with prejudice on March 7, 2024, in a Premise Liability and Security Negligence action styled Plaintiff v. Miami-Dade County, Co-Defendant, & Feick Security Corporation. The lawsuit arose out of a shooting incident, possible homicide, that allegedly occurred on January 30, 2021, at the Edison Courts Housing Unit Development in Miami, Florida. Per the Incident Report, Plaintiff suffered a gunshot wound to the knee when her vehicle was struck by gunfire in the intersection of NW 4th Avenue and NW 64th Street in Miami, Florida.  Plaintiff asserted that the Defendant was negligent, as a security company for the property, in failing to keep the property in a reasonably safe condition against foreseeable criminal activity. Plaintiff also asserted that Defendant was negligent in their hiring, supervision, and retention as to their security guards and, as a result, was the direct and proximate cause of Plaintiff’s injuries. Miami-Dade County and Feick Security Corporation, entered into a Contract for Security Guard Services for Miami-Dade County Public Housing Facilities on April 1, 2020, and the contract provided specific Guard Locations. Security services for the Edison Courts property was not included in the contract’s initial Guard locations. Furthermore, discovery revealed that Feick’s services were not requested by Miami-Dade County for that specific Housing Development prior to the shooting. Documentation was obtained confirming that Feick had not been contracted until months after the shooting incident.  This key information aided Defendant in dismantling Plaintiff’s theory that Feick was negligent in its security services and hiring, supervising, or retention of their guards, with Co-defendant’s counsel eventually confirming that Feick had not been contracted for the Edison Court property at the time of, or prior to, the subject shooting incident.  Following this confirmation, Plaintiff filed a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal with Prejudice as to Feick Security Corporation. Read More