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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 02.01.09 18:33 UTC

N.Y. police: Stores responsible for crowd control

MINEOLA, N.Y. -- Rope lines, numbered tickets and walkie-talkies for store employees could help control frenzied bargain-hunters, police said in a report issued after a Wal-Mart worker was killed in ...

New York Post, 21.12.08 10:31 UTC

GAL DIES IN JUMP FROM CAR

Last updated: 2:56 am December 21, 2008 Posted: 2:37 am December 21, 2008 A panicked passenger died after jumping from a SUV going 50 mph in Queens - because she thought the driver was drunk, police ...

New York Post, 21.12.08 00:31 UTC

GAL DIES IN JUMP FROM CAR

Posted: 6:47 pm December 20, 2008 A panicked passenger died after jumping from a moving SUV in Queens - all because she thought the driver was drunk, police said today. The victim, Judy Bucherri, ...

New York Post, 11.12.08 10:35 UTC

NO CHARGES IN SHOPPING MAUL

Last updated: 3:13 am December 11, 2008 Posted: 2:38 am December 11, 2008 Cops have told the Nassau County DA it's unlikely they'll find enough evidence to charge anyone in the Black Friday ...

New York Post, 10.12.08 23:02 UTC

HEARING ON NY WAL-MART STAMPEDE DEATH

Posted: 5:12 pm December 10, 2008 -- Retailers luring shoppers with deep discounts should have at least one security guard for every 200 shoppers, erect barricaded corrals 100 feet from entrances ...

Telegraph, 04.12.08 12:35 UTC

Wal-Mart trample death man's family sues store over sales advertising

The family of a Wal-Mart shop worker trampled to death when bargain hunters surged into his store is suing the retail giant, claiming its sales advertising "created an atmosphere of competition and anxiety" that led to "crowd craze".

Telegraph, 04.12.08 00:32 UTC

Family of man crushed at Wal-Mart stampede sue store

The family of a Wal-Mart shop worker trampled to death when bargain hunters surged into his store is suing the retail giant, claiming its sales advertising "created an atmosphere of competition and anxiety" that led to "crowd craze".

New York Post, 04.12.08 00:06 UTC

WAL-MART BLACK FRIDAY HORROR

Posted: 3:58 pm December 3, 2008 Fresh Meadows resident Ogera Charles, father of a Jamaica man, Jdimytai Damour, who was trampled to death at a Wal-Mart on Black Friday, is tired and filled with ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 03.12.08 21:34 UTC

Kin of NY man trampled by shoppers sue Wal-Mart

(12-03) 12:02 PST Garden City, N.Y. (AP) -- The family of a worker trampled to death in a "Black Friday" crush of bargain hunters at a Long Island Wal-Mart store filed a wrongful-death lawsuit on ...

New York Daily News, 02.12.08 00:01 UTC

Autopsy confirms Wal-Mart worker was 'trampled to death,' says Nassau's top cop

The Wal-Mart worker killed in a Black Friday stampede died of asphyxiation after being trampled by frenzied shoppers, an autopsy revealed Monday. Jdimytai Damour, 34, of Queens, was crushed in the ...