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Jacksonville, partner John Viggiani and attorney Jeffrey A. Yarbrough along with Jesse Dyer, an appellate litigation support attorney, prevailed on a motion for summary judgment in a negligent security case in Duval County, Florida. 

The case involving the deaths of two customers who exited a retail clothing store on Christmas Eve and were shot in their vehicle in the parking lot.  Our client was hired to provide security services inside the retail clothing store but was not retained to provide security in the areas outside of the store. The store was processing customers after its posted closing time and the time contracted with the security company. The Court granted summary judgment that our client did not owe a legal duty to the store’s customers for an incident that occurred in a parking lot and beyond the security officer’s assigned shift.