Woman Awarded $2 Million For Walgreens Incident
LOS ANGELES -- A Los Angeles jury awarded more than 2 million dollars to a woman who claimed she was called "hot," leered at sexually and falsely arrested by two Walgreens security guards -- who also asked for her phone number.
According to the suit, Alicia Benham and her friend Daniel Newman tried to return nine bottles of a diet drink to Walgreens in April 2004.
Instead, her attorney says two security guards accused them of theft and "terrorized them" by holding the pair in separate rooms without windows.
Benham testified that the guards made sexually offensive comments to her and she worried she was going to be sexually assaulted.
A Walgreens spokesman said the company is "deeply disappointed and quite frankly shocked by the verdict."
LOS ANGELES -- A Los Angeles jury awarded more than 2 million dollars to a woman who claimed she was called "hot," leered at sexually and falsely arrested by two Walgreens security guards -- who also asked for her phone number.
According to the suit, Alicia Benham and her friend Daniel Newman tried to return nine bottles of a diet drink to Walgreens in April 2004.
Instead, her attorney says two security guards accused them of theft and "terrorized them" by holding the pair in separate rooms without windows.
Benham testified that the guards made sexually offensive comments to her and she worried she was going to be sexually assaulted.
A Walgreens spokesman said the company is "deeply disappointed and quite frankly shocked by the verdict."
Yeah -- Hey -- Benjamin -- Benjamin Franklin -- this is what you intended right? If someone (guards) made a mistake by suspecting thievery and then compounded it -- you know -- by calling the woman "hot" and asking for her phone number -- then someone else (Walgreens) has to pay TWO MILLION DOLLARS -- Right?
I wonder how hard those attorneys laughed when they got to the bar that evening?
Walgreen's deserved it though Klown -- they should have paid better attention to those guards -- even though the guards acted inappropriately, it is Walgreen's fault and it's just tough shit they have to pay -- maybe losing this two million will teach them.
Close, my leeberal freng -- but no saguaro -- it is YOU who are out the money. These days, large/evil corporations maintain insurance policies that pay for this. The insurance companies spread the risk out to all their policy holders. Every time an idiot settlement like this happens, the insurance companies raise their rates -- then the insured companies, such as Walgreens, raise their prices to cover the business expense -- then YOU PAY at the register.
Get it now? Every time you see an evil corporation hit for a ridiculous lawsuit and award such as this -- the lawyers have taken money from YOU
And you deserve it -- for not demanding true tort reform from your legislators -- for not making it an issue when you vote -- and most of all, for allowing yourself to be convinced that it costs you nothing (failing to educate yourself.) Think about it -- where on earth would you get the idea that these idiot suits don't affect you?
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Did u know the security guards lied to the police and had Benham falsely arrested and thrown in jail for refusing to give one of them sexual favors...Did u also know the same guard raped a 13 year old in the back of an Albertson's a month later,and was put in prison for it? Get all of your facts. before you make jokes about something so serious smart guy, or u might just end up being called the "idiot".
Way to miss the point entirely, genius.
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