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Roommate Assaulted in Seven Eleven Suing

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deejay

Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Washington

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Washington

My roommates were assaulted at a Seven Eleven after an argument with the clerks by the clerks themselves. They had been drinking and one of them was visibly drunk. They asked for some pizza, which they didn't have and tried joking around with the employees. The employees started making references to them being addicts and prostitutes, a few insults went back and forth. The clerks refused to serve them and kept the cigs they'd purchased. The boyfriend wanted to take her and leave, she got upset and pulled a sign down on the counter, the clerk responded by grabbing her jacket pulling her over the counter and hitting her. The boyfriend tried to drag her out of the store saying we'll leave. One of the clerks took the purse left on the counter and followed them as they left taking a swing at her, then grabbing her outside the store pulling her in to hit her with the bag. The boyfriend got involved and the other clerk pulled a club out of the counter and start grappling with him hitting him with the club a few times while the other clerk hit the her with the bag. She was unconscious for a brief period of time. They eventually got out and called the police. The whole things was filmed and put on youtube. I think you can find it under 7-11 chaos.

The police sided with them and they decided to get a lawyer and sue. It turns out that one of them was just out for a ten year stint in prison, assault, in relation to a Russian gang of some type. There was also some interest from a murder investigator that isn't entirely clear, the police are tight lipped about the details.

Here is the question. They seem to think that this is going to be a major case that will net them a large sum of money. The lawyer has talked about linking this to a case involving 7-11 and illegal immigrant employees and lack of background checks. They are talking about numbers in the range of 500,000 to millions. But it doesn't seem to add up for the following reasons.

1. They were drunk, and the police officer reported the girl as drunk.
2. They technically started it with pulling the sign down.
3. They have a history of minor issues with drugs in alcohol in their past.
4. Neither of them was seriously injured. He had some staples in his scalp, she suffered from shock, but is largely recovered.
5. PTSD has been mentioned, but neither are seeing counselling, they got some prescriptions from a doctor.
6. A friend was rear ended by a taxi going 35mph while at a red light in front of a police officer, suffered permanent injuries, spent years in litigation, and received 30,000.
7. They were unemployed at the time and didn't loose any work.


My concern is that they are either misinterpreting what the lawyer is telling them or they are being led on by the lawyer. They were poor so they found one that would take a portion of the winnings to pay himself. What amount can they realistically expect?
 


Zigner

Senior Member, Non-Attorney
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Washington

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Washington

My roommates were assaulted at a Seven Eleven after an argument with the clerks by the clerks themselves. They had been drinking and one of them was visibly drunk. They asked for some pizza, which they didn't have and tried joking around with the employees. The employees started making references to them being addicts and prostitutes, a few insults went back and forth. The clerks refused to serve them and kept the cigs they'd purchased. The boyfriend wanted to take her and leave, she got upset and pulled a sign down on the counter, the clerk responded by grabbing her jacket pulling her over the counter and hitting her. The boyfriend tried to drag her out of the store saying we'll leave. One of the clerks took the purse left on the counter and followed them as they left taking a swing at her, then grabbing her outside the store pulling her in to hit her with the bag. The boyfriend got involved and the other clerk pulled a club out of the counter and start grappling with him hitting him with the club a few times while the other clerk hit the her with the bag. She was unconscious for a brief period of time. They eventually got out and called the police. The whole things was filmed and put on youtube. I think you can find it under 7-11 chaos.

The police sided with them and they decided to get a lawyer and sue. It turns out that one of them was just out for a ten year stint in prison, assault, in relation to a Russian gang of some type. There was also some interest from a murder investigator that isn't entirely clear, the police are tight lipped about the details.

Here is the question. They seem to think that this is going to be a major case that will net them a large sum of money. The lawyer has talked about linking this to a case involving 7-11 and illegal immigrant employees and lack of background checks. They are talking about numbers in the range of 500,000 to millions. But it doesn't seem to add up for the following reasons.

1. They were drunk, and the police officer reported the girl as drunk.
2. They technically started it with pulling the sign down.
3. They have a history of minor issues with drugs in alcohol in their past.
4. Neither of them was seriously injured. He had some staples in his scalp, she suffered from shock, but is largely recovered.
5. PTSD has been mentioned, but neither are seeing counselling, they got some prescriptions from a doctor.
6. A friend was rear ended by a taxi going 35mph while at a red light in front of a police officer, suffered permanent injuries, spent years in litigation, and received 30,000.
7. They were unemployed at the time and didn't loose any work.


My concern is that they are either misinterpreting what the lawyer is telling them or they are being led on by the lawyer. They were poor so they found one that would take a portion of the winnings to pay himself. What amount can they realistically expect?
The involved party should be speaking with their attorney. There is no way any (responsible) member of this forum could even guess.
 

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