WBRZ - Baton Rouge

The husband of a Baton Rouge construction company worker shot to death at the business Dec. 23 claims the firm ignored a threat that the alleged shooter made when he was fired.

James Coutee, whose wife Dianna Tullier was a clerical worker at Grady Crawford Construction Co., is seeking damages in a lawsuit filed in state district court in Baton Rouge.

Tullier and another woman were killed during the workplace shooting.

Richard Matthews is accused of killing both women and wounding a dispatcher.

Matthews pleaded not guilty to the charges.