GARDENA CA Jan 8, 2022 A former security guard at Memorial Hospital of Gardena has filed a lawsuit against her former employer for intolerable working conditions after she was ordered to clean a malfunctioning freezer filled with decomposing dead bodies. She is seeking compensation for emotional trauma and adverse health consequences. “If someone in […]
Oakland CA Jan 7, 2022 The sister of a federal officer allegedly killed by a member of a domestic extremist movement is suing Facebook, charging that the platform’s recommendation system played a part in the radicalization of the people who are accused of carrying out the shooting. Federal law enforcement officials allege that Dave Patrick Underwood, […]
SALT LAKE CITY UT Jan 2 2022 — In June 2020, a salesman from Vivint Smart Home knocked on the door of a 60-something-year-old Air Force veteran living in South Carolina. The woman was a customer of CPI Security — a major home monitoring company in the Southeast and a rival to Utah-based Vivint. In a […]
ATLANTIC CITY NJ Dec 30, 2021— A Pennsylvania man has filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming security guards at Tropicana Atlantic City injured him and improperly held him in their custody following an incident in May. Scott Christensen, 38, of Clifton Heights, Delaware County, alleges the incident happened while visiting the resort May 2, […]
St Paul MN Dec 29 2021 The Minnesota Supreme Court issued an opinion earlier this week that will allow the Minnesota Attorney General’s investigation into alleged wage theft at Madison Equities — the largest property owner in downtown St. Paul — to move forward. Security guards at U.S. Bank Center, the First National Bank Building, 375 […]
Long Beach CA December 29, 2021 The mother of Mona Rodriguez — the Long Beach teen who died after being shot in the head by a “school safety officer” in late September — is suing both the shooter and the Long Beach Unified School District for her daughter’s “wrongful death.” The civil suit contains striking allegations […]
Cook County IL Dec 24, 2021 The owners of Hawthorne Race Course have improperly used a facial recognition security and surveillance system to scan the faces of everyone who visits its horse racing track, claims a new class action lawsuit under Illinois’ biometrics privacy law. On Dec. 17, attorneys with the firm of McGuire Law […]
Asheville NC Dec 19, 2021 A California woman claims she was sexually assaulted during a public body search at a security checkpoint in the Asheville airport, at least in part for the sexual gratification of the TSA employee involved. The allegation surfaces in a new lawsuit in federal court of western North Carolina as the […]
Dallas TX December 18 2021 The Fifth Circuit reversed a lower judge and said a Dallas police officer must face a civil rights suit by the estate of a restrained suspect who died after the officer knelt on his back for 15 minutes. Anthony Timpa phoned 911 on Aug. 10, 2016, asking for help because […]
ALBANY, Georgia Dec 17 2021 Attorneys for Albany resident Michael King have filed suit against the Dollar General Corporation for an incident they say left King in the hospital on life support. In late October, King was accused of trying to steal roughly $46 of household items from the Albany discount store. The lawsuit alleges that […]