Latest Restaurant Headlines
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Western Security Surplus Texas Adds Market for Nightclubs, Concerts
Jan 4 2008 // Western Security Surplus Texas announced it now has a market for restaurants, taverns, bars, nightclubs, concerts, and gentlemen’s clubs. In the announcement, Ron Klimek, vice president, Marketing and Business...
Iowa Pair Agree to Settlement in Taco John’s Lawsuit
Dec 18 2007 // A lawsuit filed by northeast Iowa residents who became ill after eating tainted lettuce at Taco John’s restaurants in the Waterloo area has been settled out of court. Karen Hibben-Levi, of Waterloo, and the parents...
Texas Restaurant Owner Arrested on Arson Charges
Dec 12 2007 // The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Boerne Fire Marshals Office and the Texas State Fire Marshals Office announced the arrest of Joseph Stasny, a 39-year-old resident of Boerne, Texas,...
Modesto Restaurant Owners Fined over Workers’ Comp Flap
Nov 26 2007 // The owners of the popular Mallard’s restaurants in Stockton and Modesto, Calif., will pay the state a $100,000 fine for not carrying worker’s compensation insurance. The state labor commissioner’s office...
FHM Insurance Teams Up with Georgia Restaurant Mutual
Oct 19 2007 // FHM Insurance Co.and Georgia Restaurant Mutual Captive Insurance Co. have joined forces to offer workers’ compensation insurance for the hospitality industry in Georgia. FHM has served the hospitality industry in...
Ga. Company Recalls Meat from Restaurants in N.C., 3 Other States
Oct 17 2007 // A meat company in Forest Park, Ga., is recalling 1,900 pounds of ground beef sent to restaurants in Georgia, North Carolina, and two other states, saying it may be contaminated with E. coli. Arko Veal Company officials say...
Travelers Product Serves Mid-Sized Restaurants
Sep 19 2007 // Travelers announced the availability of the IndustryEdge product for mid-sized fine dining and upscale casual dining restaurants. The suite of coverages provided in the IndustryEdge product include property, general...
America First Expands Commercial Coverage in South Central States
Sep 13 2007 // America First Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, announced it is expanding its commercial lines offerings in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas to include commercial general contractors, restaurants and...
Lawsuits Against Restaurants at Center of Md. Debate Over Disabilities Act
Sep 6 2007 // Jeri Wasco, who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, visited a Hyattsville, Maryland shopping center recently and found curb ramps that were too steep and no elevators going to the second floor. She filed a federal...
Wineries’ risks rise when events move beyond tastings
Aug 20 2007 // Wineries are drinking to their good fortune, with 13 consecutive years of sales growth and each acre of grapes producing between $15,000 and $75,000 in gross sales value, according to wine industry consultant Jon...
Wineries’ risks rise when events move beyond tastings
Aug 20 2007 // Wineries are drinking to their good fortune, with 13 consecutive years of sales growth and each acre of grapes producing between $15,000 and $75,000 in gross sales value, according to wine industry consultant Jon...
Mass. Man Pleads Guilty to Eating Glass to Defraud Restaurant Insurers
Aug 17 2007 // A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty this week to his role in a multistate scheme in which prosecutors say he and his wife intentionally ate glass at restaurants and collected more than $200,000 in compensation. Ronald...
Pa. bad faith claim costs $20 million
Jul 23 2007 // An insurer has agreed to pay $20 million in what is believed to be the state’s richest settlement of a bad faith claim. According to the plaintiff’s attorney, Robert Mongeluzzi of Saltz Mongeluzzi Barrett...
Sonic Claims Sylvania Signs Caused Fires at Restaurants
Jul 19 2007 // Oklahoma City, Okla.-based Sonic Restaurants Inc. is seeking more than $750,000 in a lawsuit against Osram Sylvania Inc. claiming that lighted signs at some of the company’s drive-in restaurants have been damaged by...
Strong Storm Takes off Part of Fla. Restaurant Roof
Jul 9 2007 // Meteorologists are reviewing radar data and videotapes to determine if a tornado tore off part of a restaurant roof during an intense weekend storm in Port Orange, Fla.. No one was hurt when the storm ripped off part of...
Insurer Reported to Pay $20 Million to Settle Bad Faith Claim in Pa.
Jul 2 2007 // An insurer has agreed to pay $20 million in what is believed to be the state’s richest settlement of a bad faith claim. According to the plaintiff’s attorney, Robert Mongeluzzi of Saltz Mongeluzzi Barrett...
A look at restaurants and bars from the ‘inside-out’
Jul 2 2007 // Today’s complex restaurant environment needs the right list of insurance ingredients When people get to talking about America’s food hot spots, the same handful of cities come up again and again, including New...
A look at restaurants and bars from the ‘inside-out’
Jul 2 2007 // When people get to talking about America’s food hot spots, the same handful of cities come up again and again, including New York, Los Angeles and New Orleans, the epicenter of Cajun Cuisine. But in the Midwest,...
Recipe for Lawsuit: Restaurant Serves Up Intellectual Property Claim
Jun 28 2007 // One Manhattan restaurant is serving up an intellectual property lawsuit, saying a rival seafood bar run by a former protege copies “each and every element” of its business. Rebecca Charles, who opened the Pearl...
WSS Texas Introduces New Tavern, Bar and Night Club Program
Jun 26 2007 // Ron Klimek, vice president and branch manager of Western Security Surplus Texas, announced his firm recently negotiated an exclusive contract for a new Tavern, Bar and Night Club Program, which is now available in...
