EAST VILLAGE, NY Feb 14 2019 — East Village musician Tessa Lena claims a Whole Foods security guard punched her while she was shopping at the E. Houston Street grocery store. The Moscow-born singer says the guard at the grocery store “confronted her and tackled her in an aggressive and threatening manner” in April 2017, then […]
HAYWARD CA Feb 10 2019 Kelly Bessette said she worked as a finance manager at Auto Force Regency in Hayward. Her co-worker, David Lista, worked as a handyman and security guard. Besette said Lista was “bizarre” and frequently made her uncomfortable but, when she complained, she said dealership owner Michael Steadman did nothing. Bessette said […]
HOUSTON TX Feb 6 2019 – A Texas woman claims in a state district lawsuit that she was attacked by a security guard at a downtown Houston entertainment venue more than a year ago. Sylvia Courvier initiated litigation against the guard’s employer, L.B.K. Investments Inc., doing business as Five Star Event Services, in the Harris County […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. February 3 2019 – The parents of a Penn State sophomore who died two years ago after a night of drinking and hazing have sued 28 members of a shuttered fraternity and a security company hired to help enforce alcohol regulations. Lawyers for Tim Piazza’s parents announced the federal wrongful death lawsuit Friday and […]
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. Jan 31 2019 – The family of the 60-year-old Chesapeake man who was killed by an armed security guard while playing Pokémon Go in 2017 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. On January 25, Jiansheng Chen’s family – who are the administrators of his estate – filed the suit against Johnathan Cromwell, […]
WILKES-BARRE PA Jan 27 2019 — A Luzerne County detective has filed a lawsuit against a security officer and the company he works for, after the detective said he was falsely detained on an accusation that he stole a candy bar from a grocery store. The suit was filed by Det. Charles Balogh through his attorney […]
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. Jan 20 2019 – The family of a 14-year-old boy who claims he was choked and punched by a security guard at Miami Norland Senior High School in Miami Gardens is planning to sue the school district, the family’s attorney announced Friday. “Today our office will file the Notice of Intent to Sue […]
New York January 17 2019 She’s bringing the beef to Whole Foods. Long-time shopper and first-time plaintiff Tessa Lena is suing the organic food giant’s Houston Street outpost, and the security firm that patrols its aisles, after an overzealous guard allegedly accused her of theft and popped her in the chest. Lena, a loyal customer […]
Hartford CT January 16 2019 A former public safety dispatcher is suing Trinity College and a former supervisor, alleging sexual discrimination, a hostile work environment, sexual harassment and retaliation in violation of his civil rights. Thomas Cashman, who was a campus safety officer temporarily working a dispatcher while recovering from an injury, was sexually harassed […]
WANTAGE NJ January 14 2019 — A former High Point Regional High School security officer, who accused school officials of demoting him to part-time status so they could put a crony hire on the payroll, has lost his appeal of a trial court’s dismissal of a lawsuit he filed two years ago. In his complaint, Anthony […]