A 7-Eleven customer who alleges a clerk pointed a shotgun at him after mistakenly thinking he had stolen items from the Eugene store has filed a lawsuit seeking up to $5 million in damages.
Benjamin Daniel Smith filed the lawsuit Thursday, Oct. 15, in Lane County Circuit Court.
The corporate entity 7-Eleven Inc., based in Texas, is among the named defendants in the lawsuit. Also named are the owner of the 7-Eleven store at 13th Avenue and High Street, as well as the clerk Smith says pointed a gun at him…