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Bachak which were reported to management, both Lockheed and U.S. Security may very well have been held liable for a significant civil judgment.


Accordingly, employers must take all reports of workplace violence seriously, whether physical or verbal, and take reasonable steps to prevent an employee or contractor from engaging in acts of workplace violence. Failure to do so is at your own peril.


Sabric v. Lockheed Martin and U.S. Security Associates, Inc., U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, July 24, 2013. DecisionPoint case analysis contributed courtesy of Seyfarth Shaw LLP:


James L. Curtis jcurtis@seyfarth.com 312.460.5815


Meagan Newman mnewman@seyfarth.com 312.460.5968


WORKPLACE VIOLENCE NEWS – continued How Soon Could Your Business Reopen After A Crisis?


One of the many lessons learned from the Boston Marathon bombings was the need for better public and private sector coordination. In the after action reports, Boston responders cited how difficult the reopening of businesses was along Boylston street, the scene of the crime. In contrast, Chicago addresses these risks through a partnership for a safer and more secure Chicago. Dubbed the “CP3 Partnership,” Chicago’s Public and Private Partnership initiative allows numerous public agencies to centralize the city’s efforts to better prepare First Responders in a crisis through enhanced information sharing and more timely communication. This voluntary initiative uses a single secure website to collect vital information for safer and more secure Chicago.


The CP3 Partnership program allows building owners, tenants, and multi-building corporations to submit information such as floor plans, HVAC and mechanical diagrams, and inventories of hazardous materials to a secure, centralized portal. Then, when an emergency occurs, that site can be accessed by a consortium of city agencies including the Chicago Office of Emergency Management, the Department of Public Health, the Department of Homeland Security as well as the Chicago Police and Fire Departments.


For more information on Chicago’s Public and Private Partnership Initiative (CP3), to explore if your community has a similar program, or to know what your business can do to prepare for a crisis, contact Firestorm's Dave Flora at dflora@firestorm.com.


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Is Active Shooter Training Enough? The U.S. Department of Homeland Security defines active shooter as “an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined population area; in most cases, active shooters use firearm(s) and there is no pattern or method to their selection of victims." Reportage of such events would have us believe that the number of these incidents is on the rise, when the opposite is true. Active shooter situations are rare while workplace homicides occur more frequently. Active shooter training is not enough. While any kind of workplace violence prevention program is a good thing, let’s not forget one


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