Beaufort County SC Nov 29 2021 The wife of a man shot and killed by a Fripp Island security guard last year has sued the property owner’s association and two guards, alleging the guards overstepped their authority and conspired to cover up their actions. The lawsuit was filed Monday on behalf of Tara Steffner, […]
Houston Texas Nov 25 2021 Travis Scott has been hit with a lawsuit by two security guards who worked at the 2021 Astroworld Festival, where 10 people died and over 100 others were injured during a crowd surge that pushed concertgoers near the front of the stage, ultimately crushing them. In court documents obtained by XXL […]
PATERSON NJ Nov 24 2021 A woman has filed a lawsuit against the Paterson Board of Education, saying a security guard at Rosa Parks High School repeatedly forced her to have sex with him in the auditorium when she was a student nine years ago. The woman, Amber Kitchings, said in her lawsuit that she […]
MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N.C. Nov 22 2021 — A former high-level manager has filed a racial discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against CPI Security Systems and its CEO, Kenneth Gill. Gaston County resident Kelley Phelps filed the lawsuit Thursday alleging she was fired from her job at CPI in retaliation for objecting to the company’s racist practices, including […]
Birmingham AL Nov 22 2021 An Alabama security company must face a retaliation claim from a Black former employee who said she was reassigned and ultimately fired after complaining about discrimination by a white supervisor who threatened to hang her, the Eleventh Circuit found. A three-judge panel issued the decision Tuesday, affirming a district court’s dismissal […]
HOUSTON TX Nov 21 2021 – Rape survivor Kathleen Dawson has won a lawsuit against Hilton Management and accused assailant Larry Clowers, after a jury determined that Hilton’s negligence played a sizeable role in the woman’s attack, a press release states. Dawson was awarded $44 million for medical expenses, lost earnings, and mental anguish […]
Houston TX November 20 2021 Samuel Bush still can’t get the images out of his head. “All I can think about is those deaths,” he said. The morning of Nov. 5, the 46-year-old arrived at NRG Park in Houston to work security at Astroworld Festival, a sold-out concert hosted by rap superstar Travis Scott. Bush […]
New Orleans LA November 18, 2021 A U.S. Army officer who was refused entry at Harrah’s New Orleans Casino last month has filed a lawsuit against the gaming house and its parent companies alleging that she was racially profiled and humiliated by a security manager there. Deja Dashante Harrison’s case already has received widespread public attention. […]
Houston TX November 18 2021 The family of Axel Acosta Avila, one of 10 people who died in the chaotic crowd surge during the Astroworld Festival in Houston this month, is among 140 plaintiffs who brought a lawsuit Tuesday against the event’s organizers and others. The lawsuit seeks damages for loss of mental and physical […]
Harris County TX Nov 12 2021 Brian Williams accepted a job as a security guard for the Five Guys restaurant at the northeast corner of North Shepherd Drive and Loop 610. Two years after the off-duty constable’s deputy was shot in the arm during a robbery at the hamburger chain, he is suing the franchisee […]