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Treasure Island Restaurant on Vegas Strip Evacuated After Kitchen Fire
Mar 24 2016 // Officials say no one was hurt in a small kitchen fire at a restaurant at the Treasure Island hotel-casino property on the Las Vegas Strip. Casino spokeswoman Michelle Knoll said the grease fire in the Senor Frog’s...
Claims for Broker Negligence Assignable
Mar 21 2016 // A California intermediate appellate court has reaffirmed that a professional negligence claim against a client’s property/casualty insurance broker is freely assignable. It also held that the assigned rights are...
Boston-Area Chipotle Completes Cleanup After Norovirus Scare
Mar 10 2016 // Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc received praise for its handling of potential norovirus infections at a Boston-area restaurant, as sick employees stayed home and the burrito chain quickly cleaned the restaurant. Shares of...
OSHA Says Iowa Restaurants Owed Employees $100K in Wages
Mar 4 2016 // A U.S. Labor Department initiative has found that a handful of Ames, Iowa, restaurants violated federal labor standards and owed thousands of dollars to workers. Department officials announced that Ames employers owed...
Mars Recalls Chocolate Bars Made in Dutch Factory; Plastic Found in Snickers Bar
Feb 24 2016 // Mars Inc. has recalled chocolate bars and other products in 55 countries, mainly in Europe, due to choking risk after a piece of plastic was found in a Snickers bar in Germany. All of the recalled products, which include...
ProHost Adds EPLI Coverage to Restaurant Program
Feb 19 2016 // Restaurant insurance program administrator ProHost USA has added employment practices liability insurance coverage as an option in its packaged insurance program specifically designed for restaurants. According to Heidi...
Massive Blizzard Brought Flooding to Jersey Shore, Coastal Towns
Jan 25 2016 // A massive winter storm that dumped as much as 3 feet of snow on the eastern United States raised flood waters in communities up and down the Atlantic Coast Saturday, closing roads and prompting evacuations. The first round...
Criminal Investigation of Chipotle for Outbreak Tied to California Restaurant
Jan 7 2016 // Chipotle has been served with a federal subpoena as part of a criminal investigation tied to a norovirus outbreak at one of its restaurants in California. The investigation is being conducted by the U.S. Attorney’s...
Oklahoma Restaurant Faces Suit over Wage, Child Labor Violations
Dec 29 2015 // The U.S. Labor Department has accused a Wichita Mountains roadside restaurant of violating wage and child labor laws. A U.S. District Court complaint filed in Oklahoma City says Meers Store & Restaurant owes more than...
Mother Sues Chipotle After Teenage Son Sickened at Boston Restaurant
Dec 21 2015 // The mother of a 16-year-old suburban Boston boy who got sick after eating at a Chipotle Mexican Grill has filed a negligence lawsuit against the Denver-based restaurant chain. The Boston Globe reports the suit, filed Dec....
Judge Bars Uber from Imposing New Contract on Drivers in Pay Suit
Dec 18 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc. was barred from imposing a new contract on drivers who are suing the company to be treated like employees after a federal judge said the reworded agreement is confusing. U.S. District Judge Edward...
Chipotle’s New Procedures Highlight Food Safety in Wake of E. Coli
Dec 17 2015 // Perfect food safety is not possible, but Chipotle is trying to get as close to that ideal as they can with new procedures and testing inside and outside their restaurants, the company’s founder and CEO said during a...
91 Sickened by Norovirus Tied to Boston Chipotle; CEO Apologizes Over Illnesses
Dec 11 2015 // Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc shares jumped more than 5 percent on Thursday after its founder promised strict new food-safety practices to prevent illnesses, but hours later one of its Seattle restaurants was shut down for...
Expanding E. Coli Outbreak Prompts Warning of Sales Slide from Chipotle
Dec 7 2015 // Chipotle said Friday that an outbreak of E. coli linked to its restaurants sent sales plummeting by as much as 22 percent in recent weeks and that it could no longer reasonably estimate sales for next year. The...
Minnesota Bars Use of Price Optimization in Insurance Rates
Dec 7 2015 // Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman has ordered insurers doing business in Minnesota to stop the practice of price optimization in setting rates for auto and homeowners insurance. Rothman said the anti-consumer...
Search For Source of Chipotle E.Coli in Pacific Northwest Faces Big Hurdles
Nov 25 2015 // Investigators looking into the E. coli outbreak at Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. restaurants face “significant challenges” in finding the source of the sickness, a U.S. food safety detective said. E. coli has...
Minnesota Bars Use of Price Optimization in Insurance Rates
Nov 17 2015 // Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman has ordered insurers doing business in Minnesota to stop the practice of price optimization in setting rates for auto and homeowners insurance. Rothman said the anti-consumer...
After ‘Deep Cleaning,’ Chipotle Restaurants to Reopen in Seattle, Portland
Nov 11 2015 // Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. is preparing to reopen 43 restaurants in the Pacific Northwest that have been closed for more than a week after an E. coli outbreak sickened dozens of customers. No cause of the outbreak has...
Engineers Investigating Cause of Collapsed Parking Lot in Mississippi
Nov 11 2015 // Cars rest at the site of a cave-in in the parking lot of a Meridian, Miss., IHOP restaurant, Monday, Nov. 9, 2015. Engineers are trying to determine what caused a drainage structure to collapse beneath the parking lot of...
Pacific Northwest E. Coli Outbreak Threatens Chipotle’s Sales
Nov 5 2015 // Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.’s food poisoning outbreak in Washington state and Oregon threatens to scare diners away from the popular burrito chain and has become fodder for one of its most vocal critics. Health...
