Portsmouth VA April 24 2020 A 35-year-old female was standing near the bar at the pub at approximately 1 a.m. Sunday morning. Another customer was drunk and was seen making unwanted advances to female patrons; therefore, the bartender asked him to leave. The drunk customer refused to leave and the bouncer was notified. The bouncer […]
Yakima County WA April 23 2020 Attorneys for Yakima County and a former sheriff’s security officer are in negotiations over the officer’s $10 million wrongful termination claim alleging Sheriff Bob Udell fired him because of a medical issue and for being a whistleblower. Eric Salverda, who worked in the sheriff’s Department of Security for 20 […]
Denver CO April 15 2020 Denver artist Raverro Stinnett left a gala just after midnight on April 20, 2018 and walked to Union Station to catch a train home. When Stinnett left Union Station three hours later, he had a brain injury from being beaten in a bathroom by a private security guard working under […]
New York NY April 7 2020 A labor dispute alleging money owed to armored truck guards is over after a court made a ruling. The armored-truck company must pay its drivers overtime wages under New York law even though the Fair Labor Standards Act exempts them, the Second Circuit ruled Friday. The New York Labor […]
Lynchburg VA April 5 2020 A former patient at Lynchburg General Hospital says he was severely injured when he was shocked by a security guard wielding a stun gun in 2018. Now, the patient has filed a civil rights action against the hospital owner and two of its guards. Plaintiff Anthony Smith contends he was […]
Hazel Green IL April 5 2020 A security guard at South Suburban Hospital in Hazel Crest is suing the hospital, claiming supervisors forced him to stop working after he wore a protective face mask on the clock. Marvell Moody filed the suit Thursday in Cook County Circuit Court, charging the hospital and his supervisor with violating […]
Los Angeles CA April 5 2020 A man whose 24-year-old daughter was killed in 2018 after falling onto tracks and being hit by a train at the Sylmar Metrolink station Friday sued the company he alleges was responsible for passenger safety. Gregory Smith’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit alleges wrongful death and seeks unspecified damages from […]
Los Angeles CA March 19 2020 A black former security guard for Allied Universal is suing her ex-employer, alleging she was subjected to retaliation and harassment and ultimately fired in 2019 when she complained about her work conditions, which included receiving such text messages as, “I’m so glad Donald’s Trump don’t like black peoples.” La […]
Schmidt v. Superior Court, 44 Cal. App. 5th 570 (2020) Ventura CA March 15 2020 Tamika Schmidt and Danielle Penny, two employees at the Hall of Justice for Ventura Superior Court, claimed they were sexually harassed by a security guard named David Jacques. Schmidt and Penny claimed that Jacques had sexually harassed them with a […]
Milwaukee WS March 13 2020 A Milwaukee father says he was racially discriminated against when an unlicensed private security guard shoved and pepper-sprayed him as he tried to buy dinner for his daughter at a Glendale restaurant, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. Najjar Abdullah Jr. was immediately confronted by the security guard, Grant M. […]