Latest Restaurant Headlines
All the headlines from our Restaurant Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Study: Workers Harmed in Alabama Restaurants that Allow Smoking
Nov 5 2015 // Workers in Florence, Ala., restaurants that allow smoking are exposed to a greater amount harmful air particles than those working in non-smoking environments, a new air quality study said. The study said workers in...
Chipotle Testing Seattle, Portland Restaurants to Find E.Coli Outbreak Cause
Nov 4 2015 // Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc., which closed 43 restaurants over the weekend after an E. coli outbreak, has hired food-safety consulting firms and is batch-testing ingredients in an effort to defuse the health scare. After...
Deputy Sues Oregon Restaurant After Being Asked to Prepay
Oct 30 2015 // An Oregon sheriff’s deputy has filed a lawsuit against the Elmer’s restaurant chain, claiming he was told to prepay for his meal at a Vancouver, Ore. establishment because he is black. KGW-TV reported Brian...
Judge Orders Wyoming Restaurant to Pay $11.4M in Salmonella Case
Oct 29 2015 // A judge has ordered a Cheyenne, Wyo. restaurant to pay a Nebraska couple nearly $11.4 million after the husband contracted salmonella poisoning. The Casper Star-Tribune reported Christopher Gage and his wife, Heather, sued...
188 People Sickened by Infection Tied to California Restaurant
Oct 29 2015 // Public health officials in California say at least 188 people in six counties have contracted a bacterial infection after eating at a San Francisco Bay Area restaurant. The Santa Clara County Public Health Department...
10 Things to Know About Restaurants and Bars
Oct 5 2015 // Fourty-three states have statutory provisions that enable restaurants, bars and liquor stores to be held liable for selling or serving alcohol to individuals who cause injuries or death as a result of their intoxication....
Arkansas AG: State Law Bars Local LGBT Protections
Sep 3 2015 // Five local measures prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity cannot be enforced because of a new Arkansas law barring such protections, Attorney General Leslie Rutledge wrote in a...
Dallas-Area Restaurant Settles Pregnancy Discrimination Suit for $20K
Aug 27 2015 // Arthur’s Restaurant and Bar, a fine dining steakhouse and lounge in Addison, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, will pay $20,000 to a former cocktail server to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S....
Kansas City Restaurant Explosion Lawsuit Goes to Jury
Aug 27 2015 // After five weeks of testimony, lawyers presented closing arguments in the civil trial involving a fatal explosion more than two years ago at a Kansas City, Mo., restaurant. The civil lawsuit stems from the February 2013...
Hurricane Katrina and the Evolution of Risk Management
Aug 17 2015 // Nearly 10 years ago, wind and storm surges as a result of Hurricane Katrina caused $41 billion in insured losses and $108 billion in total economic losses in the United States. Many of the lawsuits filed as a result of the...
Raleigh to Restrict Late-Night Sidewalk Use by Downtown Bars, Restaurants
Aug 11 2015 // Raleigh, North Carolina, city officials are restricting the use of downtown sidewalks by bars and restaurants at night because they say patrons have become too loud and disruptive to residents. The News & Observer...
10 Business Insurance Lessons and 1 Owner’s Advice from Katrina
Aug 5 2015 // Nearly 10 years ago, wind and storm surges as a result of Hurricane Katrina caused $41 billion in insured losses and $108 billion in total economic losses. Many of the lawsuits filed as a result of the fifth hurricane of...
MarketScout Adds 2 Underwriters to Restaurants, Bars Unit in Dallas
Jul 24 2015 // MarketScout has added two underwriters in its Restaurants, Bars, and Taverns (RBT) underwriting facility in the company’s Dallas headquarters. Jessica Johnston joins the RBT underwriting team as a commercial...
Texas-Based Whataburger Says ‘No’ to Open Carry
Jul 13 2015 // An iconic Texas restaurant chain will not allow the open carrying of guns on its properties, and industry experts say other restaurants will likely take the same stand against a new state law legalizing the practice in...
How Hurricane Katrina Changed Business Preparation Planning for Disasters
Jul 6 2015 // Nearly 10 years ago, wind and storm surges as a result of Hurricane Katrina caused $41 billion in insured losses and $108 billion in total economic losses. Many of the lawsuits filed as a result of the fifth hurricane of...
$40M Jury Award in Suit Over California TGI Friday’s Killing
Jun 22 2015 // A Southern California jury awarded $40 million to the parents of a man who was stabbed to death in a TGI Friday’s restaurant. The panel found that the restaurant’s operator was 55 percent responsible for the...
Idaho Woman Sues Red Robin, Alleging Her Firing Was For Opposing Racism
May 21 2015 // A northern Idaho woman is suing the national restaurant chain Red Robin in federal court because she says she was fired for complaining about racist hiring practices. Stacie Ward of Post Falls filed the whistleblower...
E&O Insights: Insuring Restaurants and Taverns Presents Some Real E&O Risks
May 4 2015 // Although most agencies insure at least one restaurant or tavern, this shouldn’t suggest that they are easy accounts to write. Errors and omissions (E&O) carriers will readily admit that writing this class of...
NYC Mayor: Someone May Have ‘Inappropriately’ Tapped Gas Line
Mar 28 2015 // Someone may have improperly tapped a gas line before an explosion that leveled three apartment buildings and injured nearly two dozen people, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Friday, March 27, as firefighters...
