Opinion ID: 2574374
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Aona's testimony

Text: On June 30, 2007, Aona testified that he was the supervisor on duty who supervised Williams's post-check of his refuse vehicle. Aona stated that he was dissatisfied with Williams's post-check because Williams had skipped several steps. Aona eventually told Williams you missed a whole lot ... [s]o let's go back and start where we left off and work our way back here, but Williams totally ignored Aona. Then, Aona said, I think I'm gonna have to ask you to tell me what you doing because that way, I'll know you're doing it. According to Aona, [Williams] starts saying, []I doing my post-check, I doing my post-check[] ... and all he's doing is playing with the lug nuts on the back tire. So I said, [][Williams], you're forcing me to do this. I'm giving you a direct order, let's go back to the front, start over and do the post-check properly like you were taught,[] and then he stands up and he goes []you cannot tell me what to do,[]... [because] I am not his supervisor. After that, Aona testified that he said []yes,[] I can and will require you to do this. I walked right here and [Williams] was standing there looking at me kind of belligerently like, []you cannot. [] .... So I said []well, I'll just wait, you know. So, I waited, I don't know, less than a minute, you know, seconds, and he hadn't moved, so I told him ... []let's start here,[] and he still doesn't move, so I said []can we do the post-check now?[] At this point, he rushed up to me and he was, he had a glowering look on his face, he had his dark shades and he's puffing himself up and trying to be intimidating. .... When he came ... too close for my personal space, I put my hand on his shoulder and went []stop, stop, ... [w]e're in that position for five seconds, and I'm thinking to myself, okay, great, situation resolved, we're gonna start the post-check. When he starts, he takes a step back and goes []you wen touch me, you wen touch me,[] and his voice is getting louder, literally shouting and he starts hopping around in that area ... [s]o, I backed up to the front of the truck ... I believe this is the time he whipped out his cell phone and I thought that was a good idea, so I whipped out my cell phone and I called the base yard office.... I'm turned away from him and I'm shaking my head, oh, this is a foolish move. He stops his dancing and comes up to me again and goes []what you wen call me[] screaming, but he's not really, he still maintain [sic] safe enough space from me, but he's screaming at me, []what you wen call me, what you wen call me.[] I told `em, [][Williams], I didn't call you anything.[] This is when he brings his face so close to my face.... I'm taller than him, but he's trying, you know, do the face, body push and he's pushing me, and then I told `em, []back up,[] you know, and he didn't back up. .... [T]his is when I put my hand on [him] ... and I told `em, []back up,[] he didn't back up. .... So, he finally backed up just a little bit, but it was enough for me that I disengaged and I walked far away, maybe ten feet in front of the vehicle, and at this time too, he had kine'a [sic] backed up to halfway in the body of the truck and ... my phone had gotten flipped off at this time, so I called again [sic] immediately acting supervisor[.] After Aona called the supervisor and asked him to come to the yard, Aona claims that he turn[ed] around and receive [sic] three forearm smashes into [his] sternum ... from [Williams's] right forearm and it stunned [him], it rocked [his] head back. [2] Aona stated that two superintendents were in sight and Williams immediately backed off. However, according to Aona, neither superintendent witnessed Williams's alleged attack on Aona. Soon after, the police arrived. Aona claims that he voluntarily gave a statement to police detailing Williams's alleged attack on him. Aona also testified that, at the end of the day, he drove to the Kaiser urgent care clinic where he was seen and treated for soft tissue damage. He stated that I was prescribed ice, ice regime, pain killer, and it was suggested that I have follow-up on gentle massage and was suggested that I have follow-up visits and perhaps even counseling for any post-stress that I might have suffered from being attacked. Aona denied striking Williams with an open palm or otherwise in his chest area[.]