PHILADELPHIA - Fitness International LLC, the owner and operator of LA Fitness, faces civil charges in Philadelphia by a gym-goer who says he was assaulted at one of its facilities in December 2019.
According to documents filed in Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas on March 4, plaintiff Alfred Holmes visited the gym on December 8, where he was allegedly assaulted and injured by another gym attendee, Patrick Peters.
The suit alleges that Peters was verbally and physically aggressive to the gym's customers before he assaulted the plaintiff, but LA Fitness failed to act on the man's hostility. Consequentially, the defendant is charged with negligence and carelessness in maintaining a safe facility for its customers.
The plaintiff is requesting judgement deemed appropriate by the court for his injuries. The defendant removed the case to federal court on April 2.
Holmes is represented by Silverman, Trotman and Schneider LLC of Philadelphia.