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Two Illinois IHOP Restaurants to Pay Nearly $1M to Settle Sexual Harassment Suit
Jul 25 2018 // Two International House of Pancakes (IHOP) franchises in southern Illinois will pay $975,000 and furnish other relief to settle a systemic sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
New Hampshire Couple Claims Restaurant Over-Served Drunk Man in Assault
Jul 16 2018 // A New Hampshire couple has filed a lawsuit against a Portsmouth, N.H., restaurant saying it over-served an intoxicated patron who attacked the husband and gave him a concussion. The Portsmouth Herald reports the Vrettoses...
Maryland Appeals Court Says Insurer Has Duty To Defend in Hidden Camera Case
Jul 6 2018 // The Maryland Court of Special Appeals has concluded that Harleysville Preferred Insurance Company has a duty to defend the limited liability company that owns and operates Rams Head Tavern in underlying litigation...
California Restaurant Settles Pregnancy Discrimination Suit for $82K
Jul 2 2018 // LA Louisanne Inc., a Los Angeles restaurant and jazz night club, will pay $82,500 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the...
10 Months After Harvey, Popular Texas Beach Town Still Recovering
Jun 27 2018 // Hurricane Harvey battered Deven Bhakta’s Port Aransas, Texas, hotel until it was uninhabitable. The Austin American-Statesman reports the Category 4 hurricane’s 130 mph winds blew out windows and stripped parts...
Restaurants, and Diners, Pay High Price for Food-Related Illnesses
Jun 25 2018 // A single foodborne illness outbreak could cost a restaurant millions of dollars in lost revenue, fines, lawsuits, legal fees, insurance premium increases, inspection costs and staff retraining, a new study from researchers...
Lawsuit Filed Against Hawaiian Restaurant Chain After Data Breach
Jun 18 2018 // Two people have filed a class-action lawsuit against Hawaii restaurant chain Zippy’s. Zippy’s alerted its customers April 27 that it experienced a data breach at all of its 25 restaurant, Napoleon’s...
Lawsuit Filed Against Hawaiian Restaurant Chain After Data Breach
Jun 7 2018 // Two people have filed a class-action lawsuit against Hawaii restaurant chain Zippy’s. Zippy’s alerted its customers April 27 that it experienced a data breach at all of its 25 restaurant, Napoleon’s...
The High Cost of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks: Study
May 7 2018 // A single foodborne outbreak could cost a restaurant millions of dollars in lost revenue, fines, lawsuits, legal fees, insurance premium increases, inspection costs and staff retraining, a new study from researchers at the...
Making Sure Food Delivery Doesn’t Take Out Restaurants
May 7 2018 // With a growing number of apps and on-demand services, millennials in particular love ordering take-out food from their favorite restaurants. But as more restaurants expand services into delivery, risk managers must be...
Correction: EEOC Sues Arby’s Franchisee Over Alleged Sexual Harassment at Alabama Restaurant
Apr 3 2018 // Fast food chain Arby’s and its franchisee Beavers’ Inc. are facing a federal lawsuit after several teenaged female employees were allegedly sexually harassed at an Arby’s in Atmore, Alabama. The Equal...
North Carolina High Court Rejects Dram Shop Claim Against Hotel in Woman’s Death
Mar 19 2018 // The estate of a woman who died after a night of heavy drinking while celebrating with her husband at a hotel restaurant cannot successfully sue the owners because her actions contributed to her death, the North Carolina...
North Carolina High Court Rejects Dram Shop Claim Against Hotel in Woman’s Death
Mar 7 2018 // The estate of a woman who died after a night of heavy drinking while celebrating with her husband at a hotel restaurant cannot successfully sue the owners because her actions contributed to her death, the North Carolina...
Agency Warns of Possible Hepatitis Exposure at Arkansas Restaurant
Feb 16 2018 // State health officials say people who visited a Taco Bell restaurant in northeast Arkansas may have been exposed to hepatitis A after an employee tested positive for the virus. The health department says the affected...
Fire at Decades-Old Maryland Tavern Caused $500K in Damage
Feb 15 2018 // Firefighters say a blaze at a decades-old Maryland tavern in a Washington, D.C. suburb has caused damage costing roughly $500,000. Pete Piringer with Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service tells WTTG-TV it appears the...
Police: Famous Italian Restaurant in New Jersey Suffered Fire Damage
Jan 26 2018 // Firefighters say a near-century-old New Jersey Italian restaurant suffered damage in an afternoon fire. Freehold fire officials say Federici’s Family Restaurant suffered smoke and water damage after a fire broke out...
Iowa Hospitality Industry Seeks Dram Insurance Law Changes
Jan 24 2018 // The Iowa Restaurant Association reported it is asking state lawmakers to pass dram insurance reform that would make it possible for restaurant and tavern operators to secure better policies to help compensate innocent...
How Sex Abuse Culture Threatens Restaurant Industry and What It Can Do About It
Dec 21 2017 // That there’s abuse behind the scenes in restaurant isn’t news. Within the chef community, the news is that people are surprised to hear about it. The true scale of the issue has yet to be revealed, though...
Trump’s Labor Board Overturns Obama ‘Joint Employer’ Rule
Dec 15 2017 // A U.S. labor board on Thursday overturned an Obama-era ruling that had made it easier for unions and workers to hold companies accountable for practices of contractors and franchisees, a decision welcomed by business...
Female Workers in Massachusetts Sue McCormick & Schmick’s
Dec 14 2017 // Female kitchen workers at the McCormick & Schmick’s seafood restaurant in downtown Boston were subjected to constant groping and lewd comments from male supervisors and co-workers, and their complaints to the...
