Civil Liability for Criminal Acts

Our firm has developed considerable experience in civic claims arising from criminal acts. These cases typically involve serious injury or death that arise from alcohol and drug use, dram shop and social host liability, criminal violence, sexual misconduct and abuse, the hiring, retention and supervision of staff, or professional counseling and care.

At Nall & Miller we also work to minimize the risk and exposure of these claims to a variety of clients including hotels, restaurants, residential homeowners, religious and non-profit organizations, states, counties and municipals, hospitals, educational institutions, and other commercial entities.

Experience in this practice area includes:

• Appealing to the Georgia Supreme Court to affirm that a hospital was not negligent in its hiring, in a lawsuit stemming from a former patient's claim that she was raped by a hospital orderly.
  
• Representing an apartment complex in a case involving the rape of a tenant that was allegedly a result of insufficient security.
  
• Representing an apartment complex in a case where a child was abducted and murdered, allegedly as a result of inadequate locks and security measures.
  
• Representing a county employee accused of sexually molesting minors.
  
• Representing a tenant who was violently attacked by an assailant who gained entry through an unrepaired window that the tenant had previously requested be repaired.