Take Out Training = $20M
Jack in the Box owes $20.5 million after a man who was brutally beaten outside of one of its St. Louis restaurants convinced a jury that it negligently failed to train its employees about how to respond to violence and had failed to follow the restaurant's own policy on handling disruptive customers.
The plaintiff tried to intervene in fight that broke out in Jack in the Box parking lot and was knocked to the ground. According to witnesses' calls to 911, several people hit and kicked him until he was bloodied and unconscious, and then they robbed him. Four people —three men and a woman —were convicted for the assault and sentenced to prison for between five and 15 years.
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Victims of Dangerous House Calls: Dr. Kim Fang – continued from page 17
2000, Kasem and Soknoeum Nem returned to the Fang home with the intent to rob the family, and ended up killing Fang and beating members of his family. Fang shot and killed Kasem before being shot himself. Nem was a Stockton gang member and was found guilty of murder during an attempted robbery and burglary in 2002, Kasem was also a gang member and convicted felon. No background check or employment screening was ordered prior to hiring him. Once a stranger has been given access to your home, they have had a glimpse of your personal belongings and they have made an assessment of your wealth. If this service worker (could be a pizza deliveryman, a plumber, an exterminator, or in this case an auction deliveryman) has a criminal past, your wealth will incentivize them. They now know your address, what your key belongings are, and maybe even your daily routine. Had the auction company performed a background check, they would have seen Kasem’s prior convictions, and they would have realized that sending him into consumers’ homes was a poor business decision. A background check would have saved Dr. Fang’s life.
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SCHOOL VIOLENCE - continued Arapahoe High School Shooting Leaves 2 Injured, 1 Dead
At least two people were injured in a shooting at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colo. on Friday. One student was taken to a hospital with serious injuries, according to KDVR. The second student suffered a minor gunshot wound. County Sheriff Grayson Robinson said the suspect, who was a student, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The shooter is believed to have acted alone.
The shooter "targeted a specific teacher that he was interested in confronting," according to Robinson. The student entered the high school carrying a shotgun Friday afternoon and asked for the teacher by name. When that teacher found out the armed student was asking for him, he left the school immediately. The teacher was not injured.
Arapahoe High School is eight miles from Columbine High School, where two students fatally shot 13 people in 1999 before killing themselves; and 17 miles from Aurora, Colo., where James Holmes allegedly opened fire on a movie theater, killing 12 people and wounding 70.
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