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Miami Beach · Negligent security
If you were attacked or robbed at a Miami Beach property that lacked reasonable security, the owner may share responsibility.
A Miami Beach negligent security attorney looks at one question: did the property owner do enough to guard against a crime it could see coming? Miami Beach draws about 13.3 million visitors a year, and much of the city is hotels, apartment and condo towers, bars and parking garages. When one of those places ignores a known risk and someone gets hurt, Florida law may give the injured person a claim against the owner or manager. That claim is separate from any criminal case against the attacker.
Negligent security claims here tend to involve a few kinds of property. The South Beach Entertainment District, around Ocean Drive, has bars and clubs that stay busy late. The Art Deco District alone holds hundreds of hotels and apartment buildings. Along Collins Avenue, from South Pointe up to North Beach, there are condo and rental towers with lobbies, pools and garages.
Florida property owners must take reasonable precautions against crime that is foreseeable. Foreseeability often comes from earlier incidents at or near the property, tenant complaints or repeated police calls. The useful evidence is usually incident reports, video, guard schedules and repair records for locks, lights and gates. Video can be recorded over quickly, so it helps to act early.
Apartment and condo buildings with five or more units have an extra rule. Under Florida Statute 768.0706, an owner that substantially carried out a list of measures, such as cameras at entrances, lighting, deadbolts and staff training, gets a presumption against liability. The owner has to prove it did that work. Florida's comparative fault rule also applies: if you are found more than 50% at fault, you generally cannot recover.
In recent years the city has added measures in March, including extra police from state agencies, DUI checkpoints on 5th Street and, in 2024, closing garages south of 42nd Street to visitors. That is public safety work on streets and beaches. It does not replace what a private owner has to do on its own property.
Tomas reviews these cases from his Miami Beach office. You can read more on our negligent security page or our Miami Beach injury page, or call (305) 600-0529.
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Tomas Robirosa is the founding attorney of Robirosa Accident & Injury Law. He built his practice around careful preparation and personal attention: when you hire the firm, you talk to your lawyer, in English or Spanish, and you always know where your case stands.
He graduated cum laude from Nova Southeastern University’s Shepard Broad College of Law, is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator, and is admitted to practice in Florida state courts and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
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