Hemet, CA June 29 2017 A third-party workers compensation case was settled for a security guard injured on the job while working in Hemet. Both the employee’s Workers Compensation carrier and the facilities insurance carrier contributed to the combined settlement of $290,000. The employee was injured while patrolling the premises at night when he tripped over […]
San Francisco CA June 27 2017 — A certified class of U.S. Security Associates Inc. security guards asked a California federal court Friday to preliminary approve a $21 million deal that would resolve allegations the company failed to give guards meal breaks and violated multiple labor statutes and end eight years of litigation. Under the […]
CHATHAM NJ June 21 2017 — A bank security guard has filed a federal lawsuit against the borough, the police chief and Officer Roy George over alleged excessive force used by George during an incident on Dec. 15, 2015. In that incident, Joseph Kearney, Jr. alleges George was under the influence of alcohol when […]
ST LOUIS MO June 21 2017– The Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District has affirmed a jury award of $81,000 to a woman injured in a slip and fall on cheese sauce at the South County Mall in St. Louis County in 2009. According to a decision filed June 6, at trial the mall’s owner […]
NEW CITY NY June 17 2017– A retired police officer has filed a federal lawsuit accusing the Rockland Police Academy director and the police chiefs association of retaliation by dismissing him as an instructor after he reported potential illegal practices at the training facility. Francis Brooke, a former Spring Valley officer who worked at the […]
SAN DIEGO CA June 17 2017 – A California man employed as a security guard alleges he is owed unpaid wages. Demario McMillian filed a complaint on behalf of all others similarly situated on June 9 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against Overton Security Services Inc. alleging violation of […]
ORLANDO FL June 16 2017 – A security guard for the Orlando VA Medical Center alleges he was injured by equipment left out by construction crews. Luis Gonzalez filed a complaint on May 24 in the 9th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida – Orange County against Brasfield & Gorrie LLC and Quinco Electrical Inc. alleging […]
Los Angeles CA June 15 2017 A former security guard for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, who alleges her return from vacation about three weeks late in 2015 after being stranded in Istanbul was used as a pretext to fire her, can take her pregnancy discrimination case to trial, a judge ruled Wednesday. Viola […]
KNOXVILLE TN June 13 2017 Four former Knox County Schools security officers have filed suit against the school board, sheriff’s office and county government saying they were wrongfully terminated. Davey Sanderson, Douglas Ryerkerk, Daniel Stewart and William Kee claim they were retaliated against by Chief of Security Gus Paidousis, aided by the Knox County Sheriff’s […]
Missoula MT June 13 2017 A man is suing the Missoula Club after one of the bar’s bouncers allegedly assaulted him while yelling homophobic comments. The lawsuit, filed on May 30, accuses the Missoula Club and one of the bar’s bouncers of discriminating against a gay man who suffered a broken nose, dislocated shoulder, torn […]