COLUMBIA, Mo. July 7 2021— The family of a man who was fatally shot by a security guard during a New Year’s Day 2018 melee at a Columbia, Missouri Waffle House has agreed to a settlement. KMIZ-TV reports that attorneys for members of Anthony Warren’s family filed the proposed deal with the restaurant and guard […]
SANTA CLARA , CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, June 20, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ — Sarah Gonzalez, a former Security Guard for Security Industry Specialists, Inc. (“SIS”), is claiming that she faced sexual harassment, then retaliation after declining her supervisor’s sexual advances. In her complaint filed on March 24, 2021, Ms. Gonzalez claims she was sexually harassed by her supervisor, […]
GURNEE, Ill. June 15 2021 Six Flags Great America has settled a class-action lawsuit by agreeing to pay $36 million over the use of fingerprint scanners at its Illinois theme park. Pass holders and others who visited the Gurnee park between October 2013 and Dec. 31, 2018 could get up to $200 each, the Chicago Tribune […]
Atlanta GA June 3 2021 A CNN security officer is suing the Minnesota State Patrol, alleging that he was targeted for being Black and unlawfully arrested while working during the civil unrest in Minneapolis late last spring. Michael J. Cooper, now 65, was kept in the Hennepin County jail for nearly 20 hours on May 30 […]
SCHENECTADY NY May 30 2021– A former nursing student who says she has suffered psychological trauma after being stabbed in the neck twice by a scissor wielding patient at Ellis Hospital in February 2020 is suing the hospital and its security service over the incident. Cassidy Taranto’s lawyer, David Iverson of E. Stewart Jones Hacker […]
Fayette County KY May 28 2021 A teenage homicide victim’s family is suing the owners of Fayette Mall after the 17-year-old was shot during an altercation in the middle of the Lexington shopping center last year. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday and listed CBL & Associates Limited Partnership and CBL & Associates Management as defendants. CBL […]
Mashantucket CT May 27 2021 A Connecticut gambler was awarded $1.325 million after settling a lawsuit against Foxwoods Resort Casino. In 2016, then-56-year-old Gary Goodman, slipped and fell on “an accumulation of liquid substance” which resulted in a fracture of his left leg, torn tendons and a dislocated ankle, according to the lawsuit. The injuries […]
CANADIAN COUNTY, Okla. May 20 2021 Seven months after a 19-year-old girl was killed in a crash involving a wrong-way driver, the driver of the other vehicle is facing a wrongful death lawsuit. Malcolm Penney pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and leaving the scene of a fatal crash Tuesday morning. He was arrested after police […]
CONCORD, N.C. May 7 2021 The mother of a 13-year-old girl who was shot and killed outside Concord Mills Mall has filed a lawsuit against the mall, its owners and the teens accused in the shooting. The shooting happened on Dec. 28, 2019, outside the Dave & Buster’s at the mall. Aveanna Propst was walking with […]
SAN FRANCISCO CA April 28 2021 — A security guard for 555 California Street in San Francisco, who was injured and had to have part of his skull and brain removed after a confrontation with skateboarders, is suing the building’s owners and operators, Thrasher Magazine, skateboarder Jesse Vieira, and others for damages. Court records show that […]