Defense Verdict

On March 1, 2002, Plaintiff was robbed in Defendant's parking lot on N. Federal Highway in Ft. Lauderdale. Plaintiff alleged that Defendant failed to provide her with reasonable and adequate security on said evening. After returning from dinner at a nearby restaurant with her sister, Plaintiff parked her vehicle near the rear entrance to the hotel in a handicapped parking space. After exiting her vehicle, she was accosted by an unknown assailant who grabbed her purse and dragged her along the parking lot for approximately ten feet until he was able to obtain her purse. He left the premises in a vehicle. Plaintiff established that Defendant only had two security employees for the parking lot and five story hotel structure; however, neither security employees were working at the time of the incident. The jury found that there was no negligence on the part of Defendant which was a legal cause of damage to Plaintiff. Plaintiff has no post-trial motions pending. Read More