GALVESTON TX April 19 2018 – A former employee of a security service provider alleges he was not paid at all for three weeks of his employment. Olalekan Oyewo filed a complaint on April 4 in the Galveston County District Court against Arriva Best Security Inc. alleging violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act and breach […]
Nashville TN April 18 2018 Nashville police methodically pushed out private security companies in a bid to achieve a monopoly on securing the city’s many special events, argue several companies in a federal lawsuit filed Monday. The lawsuit follows a USA TODAY NETWORK-Tennessee investigation into the ballooning overtime costs borne by police who work at chicken […]
CHICAGO IL April 13 2018 A class action lawsuit, on behalf of 292 aviation security officers, was filed today against the State of Illinois, City of Chicago, and Aviation Commissioner Ginger Evans regarding the changes made to the officers’ jobs in the ongoing fall-out from the incident involving United Airlines passenger David Dao last spring. […]
BECKLEY WV April 13 2018 — A Raleigh County security service business is suing a client, alleging breach of service agreement. Cramer Security and Investigation Inc. filed a complaint March 12 in Raleigh Circuit Court against Reserve Resource Partners Inc. alleging failure failed to perform its contractual obligations and owing nearly $41,000. According to the complaint, […]
SAN FRANCISCO CA April 11 2018 – A security guard working at a museum alleges a window caused him injuries. Audifax Nodado filed a complaint on March 12 in the San Francisco County Superior Court against San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Does 1-10 alleging negligence and premises liability. According to the complaint, the plaintiff […]
DETROIT MI April 10 2018 A motion to dismiss an EEOC lawsuit against a security systems company over allegations of violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act was denied on Dec. 18 by Judge Bernard A. Friedman of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission […]
LUBBOCK, TX April 4 2018 – Doroteo Manuel Sandoval of Lubbock sued Level Nightclub on Monday for allegations that club bouncers beat him without justification. A police report said Sandoval was taken to University Medical Center in critical condition. The police report said officers first went to the nightclub for the report of an assault. The police report […]
HOUSTON TX April 3 2018 – A Marine who served in the Iraq War claims his employer discriminated against him because he suffers chronic back pain. Houston resident Chris Austgen filed a lawsuit against Allied Barton Security Services, now known as Allied Universal, in Houston federal court on Mar. 26. According to Austgen, whom the defendant […]
Bronx NY March 31 2018 A Bronx security guard says he has been living a nightmare he can’t wake up from ever since his employer canned him for sleeping on the job. Audie Delacruz, 46, filed a lawsuit last week against Allied Universal Security Services, accusing the firm of wrongfully terminating him over his disability — […]
MILWAUKEE WI March 11 2018— A registered sex offender forbidden from visiting his severely ill 9-year-old son filed a lawsuit Friday against Wisconsin Children’s Hospital, arguing its visitation policy is “cruel and causes unnecessary harm to families and innocent children.” Security guards escorted Stuart Yates from the building Tuesday, five days after his son was […]