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Parking Lot Robbery
Fort Lauderdale, FL: (Dec-06-07) Sami Barrak brought a lawsuit against Fort Lauderdale-based Report Investment Corp., a property ownership company, claiming that he suffered medical expenses and lost earnings due to their negligence. Report Investment owns the parking lot adjacent to recently sold Tootsie's Cabaret, a strip club that was located in the now demolished five store Sierra Shopping Mall site in Miami Gardens. The suit stated that Barrak visited the club with a friend. After departing, the two men walked to Barrak's car, but his friend had to return to the club to retrieve a pack of cigarettes he had left behind. While alone in the driver's seat of his car, an unidentified man approached Barrak, screamed something at him and shot him in the neck while trying to rob him. The assailant escaped and was never caught.
The incident left Barrak permanently disabled, forcing him to live on a ventilator in Tunisia. He filed suit against Report Investments and Tootsie's shortly afterward, but the jury found Tootsie's had no liability in the case. Barrak alleged the firm negligently maintained an unsafe environment by not keeping the mall's parking lot safe at night. A report showed that Report Investment failed to have an adequate number of security cameras, failed to illuminate the area sufficiently and did not have competent security to patrol the lot. The complaint also alleged Report Investment failed to follow security procedures it had in place at the time Barrak was shot. As part of a settlement, Barrak was awarded $102.7 million, resolving the lawsuit. [LAW.COM: PARKING LOT ROBBERY]
Published on Dec-9-07
The incident left Barrak permanently disabled, forcing him to live on a ventilator in Tunisia. He filed suit against Report Investments and Tootsie's shortly afterward, but the jury found Tootsie's had no liability in the case. Barrak alleged the firm negligently maintained an unsafe environment by not keeping the mall's parking lot safe at night. A report showed that Report Investment failed to have an adequate number of security cameras, failed to illuminate the area sufficiently and did not have competent security to patrol the lot. The complaint also alleged Report Investment failed to follow security procedures it had in place at the time Barrak was shot. As part of a settlement, Barrak was awarded $102.7 million, resolving the lawsuit. [
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