Our firm has been retained by two men who was violently assaulted by a security guard at a Nashville club. The bar is Cadillac Ranch in downtown and the assault occurred on February 7, 2009. We are looking for witness who may have been at the club when the event…
Articles Posted in Inadequate Security
Concerns about Tennessee security guard companies
Many of Nashville’s elderly and disabled citizens have much to fear due to rising crime rates at the apartment complexes where they live. There are seven high-rise public housing towers who’s incidents of criminal activity have increased substantially in recent days. The security for those apartments is the responsibility of…
Nashville man beaten while security guard watches
A security guard charged with protecting the elderly and disabled in a Nashville apartment building, stood idly by while a third man beat a resident with a stick and kicked him in the head. On June 19, Lonnie Hutton, a resident of Vine Hill Towers, was severely beaten while security…
High Court Upholds Crime Victims’ Right to Sue for Damages Caused by Inadequate Premise Security
Just west of Tennessee, down Texas way, an Oklahoma hospital will have to answer for its lack of adequate security on its premises after four years of appealing a crime victim’s lawsuit. Last week, the Oklahoma Supreme Court decided 5-4 that St. John Medical Center in Tulsa would have to…
Tennessee man shot by security guard
Recently, Adam Villegas, as killed while trying to leave Marathon Sports Bar in Nashville, Tennessee. According to police, a security guard employed by SecurityWise, shot Villegas through the open driver’s side window of his Saturn Ion after the men argued in the parking lot. According to the paper, Holmes told…
School Assaults
This week I was interviewed by a local news station, Fox 17, to discuss the sexual assaults which recently occurred on school buses. Unfortunately, my office has handled several inadequate security cases and school liability cases. These cases never come to my office until the damage has been done. As…
Murder Victims Honored Today
Today (9/25) is Nashville’s first observance of the National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims. The memorial for murder victims is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. today in Centennial Park in the Children’s Garden. There will be music and shared memories of friends and family of murder victims. A flag commemorating…