Premises Liability and Negligent Hiring and Retention Expert Witness

Jane Gray Associates, LLC
Plain City, Ohio 43064


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Dr. Gray has assessed the foreseeability of crime in cases involving premises liability, mass shootings and other violent crimes, and negligent hiring and retention. These cases involved criminal acts occurring at the following locations:
Bars/Restaurants
Movie theaters
Apartment buildings
Hotels
Fast food outlets
Convenience stores
Parking facilities
Mental health facilities
Hospitals
Educational facilities
Shopping centers/Malls
Music festivals and concerts
Litigation Support Services
Dr. Jane Gray, Ph.D. provides expert testimony in cases involving premise liability and negligent hiring and retention by evaluating the foreseeability of crime. She does this by using her knowledge and research regarding decision-making by offenders as well as identifying and examining the correlates of crime that are relevant to each case.
Areas of Expertise
- Criminal
- Hotel Security
- Human Trafficking
- Litigation
- Mass Shootings
- Negligent Hiring
- Nightclub
- Premises Liability
- Violent Crime
- Workplace Violence
- Wrongful Death
Additional Expertise:
Apartment/Condominium Security, Bars/Lounges/Night Clubs, Crime Foreseeability, Inadequate/Negligent Security, Parking Lots/Garages, Decision-making by Criminals, Sex Trafficking, Negligent Retention.
Profile
Dr. Gray has consulted with a number of public and private agencies as well as attorneys on matters concerning social science research in general, and criminal/deviant behavior in particular. With respect to her legal consulting, her area of expertise resides in identifying the foreseeability of crime largely by evaluating the environment as would a criminal offender. Her extensive research and experience with prison inmates provides the necessary framework for determining how offenders estimate their risk of criminal apprehension and the likelihood of a successful criminal outcome.
Over the past few years, Dr. Gray has been retained in nine prominent mass shooting cases and has developed a particular expertise in this area. Her focus is on the foreseeability and preventability of mass shootings and other violent crimes.
Jane Gray received her Ph.D. from Ohio State University in Sociology/criminology in 1988. Since then, she has taught at Florida State University, Ohio State University, and Capital University in Columbus, Ohio where she holds the rank of Professor Emeritus in the Department of Behavioral Sciences.
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio - Senior Lecturer (2005 - retired 2015)
Capital University, Columbus, Ohio - Professor Emeritus (2002 - present)
Capital University, Columbus, Ohio - Chair, Department of Behavioral Sciences (2000-2001)
Capital University, Columbus, Ohio - Associate Professor, Criminology (1993-2001)
Capital University, Columbus, Ohio - Assistant Professor, Criminology (1988-1992)
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida - Assistant Professor, Criminology (1987-1988)
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio - Adjunct Professor, Prison Program (1986-1991)
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio - Graduate Teaching Associate, Sociology Department (1985 – 1987, 1982 – 1983)
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio - Field Director, Disaster Research Center (1983 - 1985)
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio - Project Manager, Disaster Research Center (1978 - 1981)
Areas Served
All States including Puerto Rico
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Representative Cases - Premises Liability Expert Witness
Professional Experience
Levy Sibley Foreman & Speir, LLC
Columbus, GA
Premises Liability – Defense 2023
Morgan & Morgan
Atlanta, GA
Premises Liability - Plaintiff 2023
Davis Bethune Jones
Kansas City, MO
Premises Liability – Plaintiff 2023
Aguiar Injury Lawyers
Louisville, KY
Premises Liability – Plaintiff 2023
Rainwater Holt & Sexton
Little Rock, AR
Human Trafficking – Plaintiff 2023
Wilson Elser, LLP
Chicago, IL
Premises Liability – Defense 2023
Lanier Law Firm
Houston, TX
Premises Liability – Plaintiff 2023
Pelini, Campbell, & Ricard
Canton, OH
Premises Liability- Defense 2023
Shaked Law
Miami, FL
Premises Liability – Plaintiff 2023
Law Offices of Careton R. Matthews
Stone Mountain, GA
Premises Liability – Plaintiff 2023
Gordon & Reese
Kansas City, MO
Premises Liability – Defense 2023
Tango, Dickinson, Lorenzo, McDermott & McGee
Millburn, NJ
Invasion of Privacy – Defense 2023
Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A.
Orlando, FL
Premises Liability – Defense 2022
Farah & Farah
Jacksonville, FL
Premises Liability – Plaintiff 2022
Butler Snow LLP
Wilmington, NC
Premises Liability – Defense 2022
Cullen and Dykman LLP
Garden City, New York
Premises Liability - Defense 2022
Tewksbury & Kerfeld, P.A.
Minneapolis, MN
Premises Liability - Mass Shooting - Defense 2022
Wilson Elser, LLP
Chicago, IL
Premises Liability - Defense 2022
Burke, Scolamiero & Hurd, LLP
Albany, NY
Negligent Hiring and Retention – Defense 2022
Mayo Hill Law
Macon, GA
Premises Liability – Plaintiff 2022
Milton, Leach, Whitman, D'Andrea & Eslinger, P.A.
Jacksonville, FL
Premises Liability – Defense 2022
The Cochran Firm
Washington, D.C.
Premises Liability – Defense 2022
The Romero Law Firm, P.A.
Albuquerque, NM
Premises Liability – Plaintiff 2022
Hendrzak & Lloyd
Center Valley, PA
Premises Liability – Defense 2022
Morton & Germany, PLLC
Memphis, TN
Premises Liability – Plaintiff 2022
Corn Law
Houston, TX
Premises Liability – Plaintiff 2022
Allen, Stein & Durbin
San Antonio, TX
Premises Liability – Defense 2022
Harding & Associates, P.C.
Denver, CO
Premises Liability – Plaintiff 2022
Marshall Dennehey
Cleveland, OH
Premises Liability – Defense 2022
Buckman & Buckman P.A.
Sarasota, FL
Premises Liability – Plaintiff 2022
Branum Law Firm, PLLC
Oklahoma City, OK
Premises Liability – Plaintiff 2022
Taft Law Firm
Cincinnati, OH
Negligent Hiring and Retention – Plaintiff 2022
Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, PC
Pittsburgh, PA
Premises Liability – Defense 2022
Huff, Powell, Bailey
Atlanta, GA
Premises Liability – Defense 2022
Weston & Herzog, LLP
Glendale, CA
Premises Liability – Defense 2022
Dickie, McCamey & Chilicote, PC
Cleveland, OH
Premises Liability – Defense 2022
Gallagher Sharp, LLP
Columbus, OH
Premises Liability – Defense 2022
Coleman, Hazzard, Taylor, Klaus, Doupé, & Diaz
Naples, FL
Premises Liability – Sex Trafficking – Defense 2021
Wadsworth, Margrey & Dixon, LLP
Jacksonville, FL
Premises Liability – Sex Trafficking – Defense 2021
Ehrenclou & Grover, LLC
Atlanta, GA
Premises Liability – Workplace Violence - Plaintiff 2021
Sommers Schwartz, P.C.
Southfield, MI
Premises Liability – Plaintiff 2021
Rodney & Etter, LLC
Houston, TX
Premises Liability – Plaintiff 2021
Kelley Law Firm
Dallas, TX
Premises Liability – Plaintiff 2021
Branum Law Firm, PLLC
Oklahoma City, OK
Premises Liability – Plaintiff 2021
Stark & Stark
Lawrenceville, NJ
Negligent Hiring and Retention – Plaintiff 2021
Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC
Huntington, WV
Premises Liability – Defense 2021
Thomas De Seno, Esq.
Neptune, NJ
Premises Liability - Plaintiff 2021
Danks & Danks
Evansville, IN
Premises Liability – Mass Shooting - Plaintiff 2021
Marino Finley LLP
Washington, D.C.
Premises Liability – Mass Shooting – Plaintiff 2021
McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman Co., LPA
Cleveland, OH
Premises Liability – Plaintiff 2021
Law Office of CS Winters
Westlake, OH
Premises Liability – Plaintiff 2021
Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLC
Little Rock, AR
Premises Liability – Mass Shooting – Defense 2021
Reilly McDevitt Henrich
Philadelphia, PA
Premises Liability – Defense 2021
Cooney Trybus Kwavnick Peets
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Premises Liability - Sex Trafficking - Defense 2021
Hodge James Jilpas & Nichols
Harlingen, TX
Active Shooter Police Procedures - Defense 2021
Marlow, Adler, Abrams, Newman & Lewis
Miami, FL
Premises Liability - Defense 2021
The Accurso Law Firm
Kansas City, MO
Premises Liability - Plaintiff 2021
Freund, Freeze & Arnold
Columbus, OH
Premises Liability – Defense 2021
Arnold & Itkin LLP
Houston, TX
Premises Liability – Plaintiff 2021
Hartline Barger, LLP
Houston, TX
Premises Liability - Defense 2020
Marlow, Adler, Abrams, Newman & Lewis
Miami, FL
Premises Liability - Defense 2020
Machulak Robertson & Sodos
Milwaukee, WI
Premises Liability - Plaintiff 2020
The Accurso Law Firm
Kansas City, MO.
Premises Liability - Plaintiff 2020
Roberts Perryman Law Firm
St. Louis, MO.
Premises Liability - Defense 2020
Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele, LLP
Marietta, GA
Premises Liability- Mass Shooting - Defense 2020
Ropers Majeski
San Jose, CA
Premises Liability - Mass Shooting - Defense 2020
Vijay Puligandla, Esq.
Toledo, OH
Premises Liability - Plaintiff 2020
Mitchell & Shapiro, LLP
Atlanta, GA
Premises Liability - Plaintiff 2020
Dickie, McCamey & Chilicote
Pittsburgh, PA
Premises Liability - Defense 2020
Athena Law Group Palo Alto, CA
Premises Liability - Plaintiff 2020
Law Offices of Raul Lopez
Albuquerque, NM
Premises Liability – Plaintiff 2020
Law Offices of David Efron, PC
San Juan, PR
Premises Liability - Plaintiff 2020
Law Office of R.E. Cox
San Antonio, TX
Premises Liability - Mass Shooting - Defense 2020
Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial
Atlanta, GA
Premises Liability - Defense 2020
Goetz & Eckland, PA
Minneapolis, MN
Premises Liability - Plaintiff 2020
Lambdin & Chaney, LLP
Denver, CO.
Negligent Hiring and Retention - Defense 2020
Eugene Hardiman, Esq.
Chicago, IL
Negligent Hiring and Retention - Plaintiff 2020
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP
New York, NY
Premises Liability - Mass Shooting - Defense 2020
The Saathoff Law Group, PC
Omaha, NE
Premises Liability - Plaintiff 2020
Isaac Wiles
Columbus, OH
Premises Liability - Defense 2020
Casey Gerry, LLP
San Diego, CA
Negligent Hiring and Supervision - Plaintiff 2020
Hungeling Rubenfield Law
Atlanta, GA
Premises Liability - Plaintiff 2020
Darr Firm
Alton, IL
Premises Liability - Plaintiff 2020
Saalfield Shad, P.A.
Jacksonville, FL
Premises Liability - Defense 2020
SCLaw
Louisville, KY
Premises Liability - Plaintiff 2020
Hanna Campbell & Powell, LLP
Akron, OH
Premises Liability - Defense 2019
Heenan & Cook, PLLC
Billings, MT
Negligent Hiring - Plaintiff 2019
Collins Roche Utley & Garner, LLC
Cleveland, OH
Negligent Hiring and Supervision - Defense 2019
William Butler, Esq.
Louisville, KY
Premises Liability - Plaintiff 2019
Martzell, Bickford & Centola, APC
New Orleans, LA
Premises Liability - Defense 2019
Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial
Miami, FL
Premises Liability - Defense 2019
Barkan Meizlish, LLP
Columbus, OH
Premises Liability - Plaintiff 2019
Davis Bethane Jones
Kansas City, MO
Premises Liability - Plaintiff 2019
Orlando Martinez Law, PC
Albuquerque, NM
Premises Liability - Plaintiff 2019
Dickie, McCamey & Chilicote, PC
Cleveland, OH
Premises Liability - Defense 2019
HKM, PA
Saint Paul, MN
Premises Liability - Defense 2019
Kenney & Henchen, PC
Colchester, VT
Premises Liability - Plaintiff 2019
Bernstein & Poisson
Las Vegas, NV
Premises Liability - Plaintiff 2019
Ferguson, Frost, Moore & Young, LLP
Montgomery, AL
Premises Liability - Defense 2019
Sinas, Dramis, Larkin, Graves & Waldman, P.C.
Chicago, IL
Premises Liability - Plaintiff 2019
Sico, Hoelscher, Harris & Braugh, LLP
Houston, TX
Premises Liability - Plaintiff 2018
Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett , PA
Montgomery, AL
Premises Liability - Defense 2018
Martin Galvin, Esq.
Bronx, NY
Premises Liability – Defense 2018
Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, PC
Cleveland, OH
Premises Liability – Defense 2018
Provost Umphrey, LLP
Houston, TX
Premises Liability – Plaintiff 2017
MGM Resorts, International Operations, Inc et al.
Las Vegas, NV
Premises Liability - Mass Shooting, Mandalay Bay - Defense 2017
Mullins & MacMillan, PA
Kansas City, MO
Premises Liability – Defense 2017
Taylor/Anderson, LLP
Denver, CO 80202
Mass Shootings Premises Liability (2015, 2017 and 2018)
Provost Umphrey, LLP
Houston, TX
Premises Liability (2017)
Mullins & MacMillan, P.A.
Kansas City, MO
Premises Liability (2017)
Spiros Law
Champaign, IL
Negligent Hiring and Retention (2017)
Taxman, Pollack, Murray & Bekkerman
Chicago, IL
Negligent Hiring and Retention (2017)
O'Connell & Aronowitz
Albany, NY
Premises Liability (2017)
Irwin, Carmichael, Fraley, LLP
Centennial, CO
Premises Liability - (2017)
Fulmer, LeRoy & Albee, PLLC
Orlando, FL
Premises Liability (2016)
Shutts & Bowen, LLP
Orlando, FL
Premises Liability (2016)
Wegman, Hessler & Vanderburg
Cleveland, OH
Negligent Hiring and Retention (2016)
Chasen Boscolo, LLC
Greenbelt, MD
Premises Liability (2016)
Long & Marmero, LLP
Woodbury, NJ
Negligent Hiring and retention (2015)
Keis George, LLP
Cleveland, OH
Negligent Hiring and Supervision ( 2015)
Offut, Nord & Burchett
Huntington, WV
Premises Liability ( 2014)
Davis & Young
Cleveland, OH
Premises Liability ( 2013 and 2014)
Bourgeois, Dresser, White & McGourthy
Worcester, MA
Premises liability (Plaintiff) 2011
Kenneth Hicks, Esq.
Huntington, WV
Negligent hiring and retention, premises liability (Plaintiff) - 2010, 2011
Desmond Staples, Esq.
Tampa, FL
Premises liability (Plaintiff) 2010
Thielen, Foley & Mirdo
Bloomington, IL
Premises liability (Defense) - 2009
Jamie Oliver, Esq.
Columbus, OH
Premises liability (Plaintiff) - 2009
Winters & Masters
Cleveland, OH
Premises liability (Plaintiff) - 2007, 2011
G. Ian Crawford, Esq.
Cleveland, OH
Negligent hiring and retention (Plaintiff) - 2004
Scott Schiff, Esq.
Columbus, OH
Premises liability (Plaintiff) - 2004
Malek & Malek
Columbus, OH
Premises liability (Plaintiff) - 2004
Sindell, Young, Guidubaldi & Sucher
Cleveland, OH
Negligent hiring and retention/Premises liability (Plaintiff) - 2001, 1997
James McDonnell, Esq
Cleveland, OH
Premises liability (Plaintiff) - 1998
McLaughlin, McNally & Carlin
Youngstown, OH
Premises liability (Plaintiff) - 1998
Phillips & Mille
Middleburg, OH
Premises liability (Plaintiff) - 1998
Pickerel, Schaffer & Ebeling
Dayton, OH
Premises liability (Plaintiff) - 1998
David Green, Esq.
Hamilton, OH
Premises liability (Plaintiff) - 1994, 1996
Clark, Perdue & Roberts
Columbus , OH
Premises liability (Plaintiff) - 1992
Legal Experience & Services
Expert witness experience - 30 years
Affiliations
Member, American Society of Criminology
Member, American Sociological Association
Member, Board of Trustees, Alvis House Community Corrections Center, Columbus,
Ohio 2004 - 2007
Member, American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS)
Awards & Honors
Recipient of the 1988 "Top Ten" Teaching Award in the Undergraduate Honors Program - Florida State University
Recipient of the 1987 Graduate Teaching Award - Ohio State University
Seminars & Training
Controlling Sexual Solicitation and Importuning in Park Areas
Ohio Parks and Recreation Association Law Enforcement Section
Annual meeting in Columbus, Ohio, April 19, 2000.
Risk Assessment and the Decision to Commit Violent Crime: The Criminal Perspective
American Society of Criminology
Annual meeting in Washington, D.C., November, 1998.
The Use of Experts In Premises Liability Cases
Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers
Annual meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 22, 1998.
Establishing Foreseeability in Premises Liability Cases and Ohio Premises Liability: Inadequate of Negligent Security
Professional Education Systems, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio (February 20, 1997) and Columbus, Ohio (February 21, 1997).
Publications
“The ABCs of Premises Security Liability Cases,” in the proceedings of the Negligence Law Seminar, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1992.
“Research Findings on Community and Organizational Preparations for and Responses to Acute Chemical Emergencies,” Public Management, Vol. 68, No. 3 (March, 1986): 11-13 (with E.L. Quarantelli).
“First Responders and Their Initial Behavior in Hazardous Chemical Transportation Accidents,” in Recent Advances in Hazardous Materials Transportation Research: An Internal Exchange, ed. By Edythe Traylor Crump (Washington, D.C.: Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, 1986) (with E.L. Quarantelli).
“The Behavior of First Responders and Their Initial Definitions of Acute Chemical Emergencies,” Disaster Management, Vol. 4, (1984): 6-12 (with E.L. Quarantelli).
“First Responders and Their Initial Behavior in Hazardous Transportation Accidents,” Article #180, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, 1984 (with E.L. Quarantelli).
“Socio-behavioral Aspects of Chemical Hazards: Summary Findings of Preparations for and Responses to Acute Chemical Emergencies at the Local Community Level,” in Sociological Research Symposium XIII, ed. By Marie Larkin, Julie A. Honnold, and J. William (Richmond, Virginia: Department of Sociology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1983) (with E.L. Quarantelli).
“Three Case Studies of Organized Responses to Chemical Disasters,” Miscellaneous Report #29, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, 1981.
“Characteristics Patterns of and Variations in Community Responses to Acute Chemical Emergencies,” Journal of Hazardous Materials, Vol. 4 (1981): 357-365
Professional References
Kevin S. Taylor
Taylor Anderson, LLP
1600 N. Broadway, Suite 900
Denver, CO
(303) 551-6651
Warren George, Esq.
Cleveland, OH
(216) 241-4100
Steven Nord
Huntington, WV
(304) 529-2999
Roy Bourgeois, Esq.
Worcester, MA
(508) 798-8801
Education
Ph.D. Sociology - Ohio State University, 1988
M.P.A. Labor and Human Relations - Ohio State University, 1980
B.S. Zoology - Ohio State University, 1978