After years of litigation and trial preparation, our team turned a $0 offer into a fair and reasonable settlement for the family of a man killed in a poorly managed parking lot on the north side of Houston. The shopping center’s management allowed its parking lot to be used as a dispatch center for tow trucks waiting on calls from the nearby highway and large nightclubs. Although loitering was not allowed, the management company did not enforce its own policies. To make matters worse, the parking lot did not have crosswalks or safe pedestrian access to enter and exit the property. Pedestrians were forced to brave the dark parking lot from the public sidewalk. Also, the parking lot was due to upgrade its lighting system, but the management company had not yet paid for the proposal to upgrade to LED lights. Unfortunately, our client was a victim on his way to the store to buy bread. He was hit and killed in the dark parking lot by a tow truck driver loitering in the shopping center who had no purpose in being there.