Milwaukee WS October 1 2022 Shootings outside a popular south side grocery store that killed a patron and a security guard has led to a wrongful death lawsuit against El Rey, its security contractor and a second guard. Luis Lorenzo, 36, was killed July 9 during a struggle in the parking lot of Nuevo Mercado […]
NEW YORK NY September 28 2022 – Maximum Security NYC, Inc., a security company headquartered in Queens, New York, violated federal law when it denied work assignments to and then fired a 57-year-old employee based on his disability and age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. According to the […]
LEXINGTON, Ky. Sept 22 2022 Five current and former University of Kentucky football players are suing three members of the Lexington Police Department. Reuben Adams, JuTahn McClain, Andru Phillips, DeVito Tisdale and Joel Williams were facing burglary charges in connection with a March 2021 fight at a frat party. Those charges were later dropped by a […]
Milwaukee WI Sept 22 2022 A Milwaukee police officers’ union on Monday filed a lawsuit against the city, alleging that the pistols used as the department’s main duty weapon can discharge without the trigger being pulled. “The [SIG Sauer] P320 had known issues involving discharge without a trigger pull at the time the City purchased […]
DENVER CO Sept 18 2022 A friend of the protester shot and killed by an unlicensed security guard hired by a Denver TV station has filed a lawsuit. The plaintiff, Steven Wright, claims that he witnessed the shooting and has since suffered “severe emotional distress.” The lawsuit claims 9News and the two security companies behind the […]
LOS ANGELES CA Aug 26 2022— A lawsuit filed by armored truck company Brink’s in federal court says that the driver of a tractor-trailer targeted by thieves was asleep during the robbery and did not notice anything out of the ordinary. The Brink’s truck was carrying 73 bags of jewelry from a gem and jewelry […]
Kissimmee, Fla August 25, 2022 A middle school security guard isn’t immune from a student’s claim that he used excessive force when he intervened in a dispute between the student and his mother over a bad haircut, the Eleventh Circuit said Monday. Seventh grader Trellus Richmond was arguing with his mother over his haircut when […]
Multnomah County OR Aug 25 2022 DDA Multnomah County grand jury has ordered Walmart to pay $4.4 million in damages to a man who sued the store, saying he was racially profiled and harassed by a Walmart employee at a Portland, Oregon, area store in 2020. According to the lawsuit the employee “spied” on Dovey […]
HONOLULU HI Aug 20 2022 Rodney Medeiros died in August 2019 after suffering a heart attack on Koolau Ranch, the sprawling property owned by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan. His family is now suing the Zuckerberg’s company, Pilaa Land, LLC, claiming negligence and wrongful death. Medeiros, 70, was a retired sugar cane […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Aug 20 2022 The family of a man who was killed at a Thorntons in downtown Louisville is suing the gas station chain and company that provides security at that location. David K. Dickson, 36, died in a shooting at the gas station on South 1st Street and West Broadway on June 12. Tavon […]