What kinds of cases fall under negligent security law?

Negligent security law is a type of law in South Carolina that holds property owners responsible for criminal activity that occurs on their property. Negligent security law applies to places such as shopping centers, banks, apartment complexes, schools, and other businesses. Under negligent security law, property owners must take reasonable steps to protect their customers, tenants, and visitors from reasonably foreseeable criminal activity. This includes providing security personnel, installing adequate lighting, installing security cameras, and/or ensuring that fences and locks are secure. Businesses can be held liable when a customer, tenant, or visitor is injured or killed due to a lack of proper security. Examples of cases that fall under negligent security law include an unarmed store clerk being attacked and injured by an assailant, an apartment tenant being accosted due to a lack of security cameras, or a student being injured by another student due to inadequate security at a school. Under negligent security law, property owners are required to take reasonable precautions to protect their customers, tenants, and visitors from foreseeable criminal activity. If they fail to do so and someone suffers injury or death as a result, the property owner can be held liable under this type of law.

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