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Local Update: Man, Chattanooga’s Boneyard bar settled suit

Staff photo by Abby White / The exterior of The Boneyard, a bar on Station Street, is seen Aug. 14, 2025. A man resolved the lawsuit he filed against the establishment over a security guard knocking him unconscious.
Staff photo by Abby White / The exterior of The Boneyard, a bar on Station Street, is seen Aug. 14, 2025. A man resolved the lawsuit he filed against the establishment over a security guard knocking him unconscious. Staff photo by Abby White / The exterior of The Boneyard, a bar on Station Street, is seen Aug. 14, 2025. A man resolved the lawsuit he filed against the establishment over a security guard knocking him unconscious.


Then: A man filed a $1.5 million lawsuit against the owners of Chattanooga bar The Boneyard and a private security firm after he got punched in the face by a guard and was left unconscious, according to the complaint.

Caleb Lewis Young was “in a highly intoxicated state” on the evening of Oct. 7, 2022, when he entered the bar and made a purchase, the complaint said.

He was then allegedly escorted out of the bar.

A surveillance video previously uploaded to YouTube showed Young engaging with a security guard at 10:15 p.m. as a second one approached.