ST LOUIS, MO December 2 2018 A Kansas City, Kansas security contractor named Simmons Security & Protection Services, Inc. has agreed to pay $15,000 and furnish other relief to settle an employment discrimination lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed in May of 2018 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which charged Simmons Security with discrimination […]
LITTLE ROCK AR November 30 2018 Twenty survivors of a gang shooting at a Little Rock nightclub last year are suing the club’s owner on accusations of negligence. The suit filed Wednesday in Pulaski County Circuit Court names Herman Lewis Sr., the owner of the shuttered Power Ultra Lounge in downtown Little Rock, as a defendant. […]
Las Vegas NV November 30 2018 MMA star Conor McGregor has agreed an out-of-court settlement after a Las Vegas security guard filed a $95,000 lawsuit against him for allegedly being hit by energy drinks cans at a UFC press conference in August 2016. MGM Grand security guard William Pegg filed the lawsuit after being caught […]
Los Angeles CA November 20 2018 Four men are suing the Metropolitan Transit System, one of its code compliance inspectors and a private security contractor over allegations that the trolley personnel assaulted them, used excessive force and violated their civil rights, according to a lawsuit filed earlier this month. The suit also alleges a failure […]
Denver CO November 16 2018 A Colorado company that provides security services to the state’s legal cannabis growers and sellers told the Tenth Circuit on Thursday its employees can’t pursue allegedly unpaid overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act because their work is inherently illegal under federal law. During oral arguments before the appellate court, […]
DANIA BEACH, FLA. November 15 2018 A former Dania Beach school security guard is taking legal action to get his job back after he was arrested for bringing a gun on campus. A judge dismissed the felony charge against former Olsen Middle School security guard, Nathaniel Strowbridge, for bringing a .45-caliber gun onto school property. He was […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. November 9 2018 A Midlands woman injured during a Fourth of July fireworks show filed a lawsuit against a school district and its security company, according to court filings. Leah McCleskey and her husband Jonathan filed the lawsuit on October 23, naming Richland County School District 1 and Sizemore Inc. as defendants. In July, […]
California November 1 2018 Kerry Vine, a former senior security patrol officer for UCPD, filed a lawsuit against the UC Board of Regents and two UCPD officers after he was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon while working as a private guard at a protest before Milo Yiannopoulos’ campus appearance for “Free […]
ST. LOUIS MO October 31 2018 A St. Louis teen filed a federal lawsuit against the Bi-State Development Agency Monday claiming he was assaulted by Metro’s security guards in January. Adrian Kleveland Drew’s suit says that he was at the Civic Center Station downtown on Jan. 22, intending to head home, when he was approached by […]
Tampa FL October 25 2018 Michael Kenny’s 13-day stint at Critical Intervention Services (CIS), a Florida private security company in Florida, was short but consequential. The employment contract he signed with CIS in January, 2017 has effectively blocked him from working as a security guard in Florida ever since — but Kenny’s contract was hardly […]