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Verizon Sued After Tech Punches Customer In Face

Posted by samzenpus on from the can-you-hit-me-now dept.

suraj.sun writes "A Verizon customer filed a lawsuit after the tech the company sent out got a little punchy. Instead of fixing the customer's problem, the tech allegedly hit him in the face. The New York Post says the tech attacked the customer after he asked to see some ID before allowing access to the apartment. From the article, '"You want to know my name? Here's my name," Benjamin snarled, slapping his ID card into Isakson's face, according to Isakson's account of the December 2008 confrontation. "The guy essentially snapped. He cold-cocked me, hit me two or three solid shots to the head while my hands were down," said Isakson, a limo driver. He said the pounding bloodied his face and broke his glasses. But things got uglier, Isakson said, when Benjamin squeezed him around the neck and pressed him up against the wall. "He's prepared to kill me," Isakson said. "That's all I could think of." The customer broke free and ran away. The Verizon tech then chased the customer until he was subdued by a neighbor who was an off-duty cop.'"

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  1. He's doin it wrong? by iamhigh · · Score: 0, Troll

    But things got uglier, Isakson said, when Benjamin squeezed him around the neck and pressed him up against the wall.

    I thought that was the nice way to treat customers?

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  2. Re:So.... by 228e2 · · Score: 0, Troll

    This dude is in jean shorts, a green T and holding a glass of water . . . im 99.99999% sure that this is not his Verizon uniform, but they followed this dude home and caught a picture of him checking his mail. He probably looks pissed the hell off because there's 20 cameramen on his lawn for the 5th day in a row.

    But good job jumping to the conclusion the paper wanted you to jump to, all black men are thugs who just finished doing a bid.


    Yea, I cant really defend his actions, but that customer was probably the 15th straight guy who saw a black guy come to his door and ask for ID.

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  3. Re:More to the Story? by ahodgson · · Score: 0, Troll

    Because his sleezebag lawyer figures Verizon has more money than the tech. Duh.

  4. Re:Yay, lets sue the company he works for! by ultraexactzz · · Score: 1, Troll

    Lolsuit is his only option left.

    Oh Hai, I can haz settlement now?

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