In order to be successful in a negligent security case, you must prove the following:
There was a legal duty to conform to a standard of care;
The duty was breached;
The breach caused an injury; and
The injury caused damage
Additionally, Georgia law also requires that the criminal act must have been foreseeable. It can be shown that a criminal act was foreseeable in several ways, including:
Substantially similar crimes have taken place on or near the premises
A volatile situation was created – for example, two people are yelling at each other for a long time, and no one intervenes
The premises are located in a high-crime area, and no extra precautions were taken