So I was at the bar with a female friend on Ladies night where the girls had unlimited drinks. I was sipping on my beer the entire 45 minutes we were there. Long story short, some doorman comes up to me and tells me if I keep drinking from her cup I'll have to leave. I told him I would never do that to which he said he has people telling him I've been drinking from her cup all night, which was hogwash, I didn't touch it. I again kind of assertively asked him to tell me who it was, specifically, giving him this information (I wasn't drunk..I had like 2 beers). Anyway, they told me to leave and I said, I didn't do anything wrong, and that they have no right to kick me out.
Next thing I know this guy has me in a headlock, throws me on the ground, strips off my sandals. Basically I'm being choked so violently I can't breath. Three other bouncers jump on me and throw me to the floor, grabbing me really, really hard by my biceps to the point that they left a lot of bruises. My voice was all horse for a week due to the force of the choke hold he used.
I'm suing the bar and the bouncer for $ 500.00 on two different torts. I've just about had it with the legal system. I've spent so much money on all the fees and a lot of my witness subpoenas aren't getting delivered. I don't know how much more I can take of these courts.
So I ask you people with court/legal experience, should I even bother? I am now more angry at the courts and their idiocy than I am at the bouncer. Do you think I should pursue with the case on moral grounds, that I did nothing wrong and at least tell my story to a judge?
I mean even if I don't win, I have to make a point, don't I? These meat head bouncers are paralyzing, maiming, and killing people without any remorse. They're untrained and attack with little or no provocation. I could give a rat's behind about the money I lost, but I do want to give a scathing testimony to the judge.
Nowhere at the front door of the bar did it say, "If you have a difference of opinion with our doorman/bouncer, he can rough you up, take your shoes, and choke you to within an inch of your life."
Hey guys - I actually did press charges 2nd degree assault against the bouncer but after a 2 month long process they decided not to charge him for the same reason that one of you guys said, I was trespassing. But shouldn't there be a warning? Is this common knowledge? I guess if you walk into a bar and the bouncer starts grabbing your girl's ass and you tell him to stop, he can beat you senseless, paralyze you, but he's still in the right. Because, "he asked you to leave..." Right LE?
Answer by Ac!d Snake
They probably don't have legitimate security licenses.
Sue the sh!t out of them.
Answer by The Other Grandpa
Better to spend the $ 500 to hire someone bigger and better to kick the crap out of the first bouncer, preferably away from his turf.
You'll get a real sense of satisfaction.
Bouncers are not really that tough. They use the element of surprise to blindside someone and they hunt in groups like skittish and cowardly jackals.
Put them in a real one-on-one fight and they fold up like little girls.
It is the Christmas season. Someone in a local boxing gym or martial arts dojo can use the extra holiday money. Find an ex-Marine.
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Answer by David G
First, you were probably wrong when you said "they had no right to kick you out", I don't know the laws in your state but in most places management has a fair amount of latitude to ask you to leave. At the point that you refused, you opened the door to being removed.
I'm not saying what they did was right, but unless you ended up in the emergency room I think you stand a pretty good chance of going nowhere with this case. The bar's lawyer will show up, call you a belligerent drunk, and have no trouble producing at least a couple witnesses that will corroborate that version of the story. (In the $ 500 price range, I suspect if the bar thought your case had any merit, they'd settle it just to make you go away.)
I would forget about it...but that's just me.
Next time, make sure you have your evidence available, call the police to the scene if you think you've been assaulted...then sure them for a lot more than $ 500. (A real lawyer will be willing to take your case then and you'll stand a much better chance of navigating the system.)
Answer by Bruce
Any establishment that holds a liquor license has the right to refuse service to anyone. Even though it is open to the public, it is still a private business and they can order you to leave.
If they told you to leave and you did not, then you will have a difficult time making a case. Your injury will be seen as an undesired result of a justifiable action.
Answer by Spanky
Wow! Sorry to hear about your situation. I would have contacted the police that night saying the bouncers had used an unnecessary amount of force and pressed charges for assault.
Yeah the legal process is a pain in the butt and you are with in means of suing them.
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