Latest Restaurant Headlines

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Subway Restaurant Franchise in Manhattan Pays for Wage Violations, Retaliatory Firing

Sep 29 2023 // The operator of a Subway restaurant franchise in Manhattan’s Lower East Side who the Department of Labor said fired an employee during its investigation has paid damages to the employee and back pay to 18 employees,...

Arkansas Restaurant Chain Sued for Sexual Harassment

Aug 14 2023 // Simply Slims, L.L.C., and or Dixie Chicken, L.L.C. d/b/a Slim Chickens in Hot Springs, Arkansas, violated federal law when it subjected a class of teens and young adults to sexual harassment and a sexually hostile work...

Tenn. Security Guard Not Guilty in On-Duty Shooting at Nashville Restaurant

Aug 14 2023 // A jury on Friday found a security guard not guilty of murder and other charges in a fatal shooting outside the Nashville restaurant where he was working, closing a case that hinged on whether he was justified in firing at...

Trial Begins for Security Guard Who Shot Man in Shootout at Nashville Restaurant

Aug 9 2023 // A security guard charged with second-degree murder over a 2018 fatal shooting outside the Nashville restaurant where he was working headed to trial Monday, a case that hinges on whether he was justified to fire at a man...

Car Crashes Into New Hampshire Restaurant, Injures Dozens

Jul 5 2023 // A car crashed into a busy New Hampshire restaurant and injured more than a dozen patrons inside, authorities said.The vehicle struck the Looney Bin Bar & Grill a little after 12:40 p.m. Sunday and came to a stop well...

California Restaurants Offered Priest to Extract Confessions of Workplace ‘Sins’

Jun 14 2023 // Federal wage and hour investigators say a northern California restaurant attempted to use an alleged priest to get employees to admit workplace “sins.”During litigation by the U.S. Department of Labor in...

Florida Sheriff Investigating After 7 Diners at Restaurant Fall Ill from Narcotics Poisoning

Jun 13 2023 // Florida authorities are investigating a steakhouse after seven patrons were hospitalized with what may have been poisoning from narcotics. Santa Rosa County Sheriff said that some type of narcotic was in the food at Nikko...

Sick Restaurant Workers Linked to 4 in 10 Food Illness Outbreaks

Jun 1 2023 // Sick restaurant and food-store workers were linked to four in 10 US foodborne disease outbreaks in recent years, yet few establishments had comprehensive policies in place to prevent contamination, a government analysis...

Frequency Declines But Lost Time Claims Costs Rise in Restaurant Workers’ Comp: Marsh

May 22 2023 // A shortage of workers in the restaurant industry is leading to more expensive and complex claims in workers’ compensation even as claim frequency declines, according to a recent report and webinar.Marsh recently...

McDonald’s Kentucky Franchises Fined for Working 10-year-olds at Restaurants

May 5 2023 // Two 10-year-olds are among 300 children who worked at McDonald’s restaurants illegally, a Labor Department investigation of franchisees in Kentucky found.Agency investigators found the 10-year-olds received little or...

Court Throws out Berkeley, California’s Ban on Natural Gas

Apr 26 2023 // A federal appeals court overturned Berkeley, California’s first-in-the-nation ban on natural gas in new construction, agreeing with restaurant owners who argued the city bypassed federal energy regulations when it...

Restaurants Affected by Ransomware Attack on Payment System Firm NCR

Apr 18 2023 // Atlanta-based NCR Corp., one of the largest makers of payment systems, self-checkout technology and ATMs, said it had been targeted this week by a ransomware attack, affecting some customer restaurants.An NCR data center...

South Carolina Supreme Court Clarifies Law on Uninsured Motorists, Liquor Liability

Mar 30 2023 // The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday handed down three opinions that resolve two questions about insurance law. One decision will probably disappoint auto insurers; another will please carriers in the liquor...

Landlords and Their Tenant’s Liquor Liability

Mar 20 2023 // A landlord decides to lease a space in a retail strip center to a sports bar. The landlord’s commercial real estate representative sends the lease to the new prospective tenant to sign — it is a standard...

Restaurants Serve Up New Ways To Operate

Mar 20 2023 // The restaurant and bar industry continues to serve up new ways to deliver their goods and services following the turbulent times experienced throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. While the most troublesome times have subsided,...

A Variety of Risk Exposures Exist at Marinas Big and Small

Mar 20 2023 // Marinas are places where people interact with boats. Maybe that’s not earth-shattering to you but consider all that it means to operate a marina and all of the different ways that risk is present at a marina.Marinas...

Judge Blocks Forced Arbitration of Diners’ Pricing Claims Against Meal Delivery Firms

Mar 17 2023 // A federal judge in Manhattan on Thursday said Grubhub, Uber Eats and Postmates cannot force diners who have used their platforms into binding arbitration over claims they conspired to drive up prices for restaurant meals...

The Infrastructure Crisis: As Business Losses Mount, New Demand for Utility Coverage?

Feb 6 2023 // When aging water pumps in Jackson, Mississippi, were shut down by floodwaters last August, knocking out water service to most of the city, companies that depend on clean water saw many of their customers and their revenue...

5th Circuit Rejects La. Restaurant’s COVID-19 Business-Interruption Claim

Jan 11 2023 // The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday against a New Orleans restaurant’s claim for business interruption losses after the restaurant could not prove direct and sole cause by an accidental contamination of...

The Infrastructure Crisis: As Business Losses Mount, New Demand for Utility Coverage?

Jan 11 2023 // When aging water pumps in Jackson, Mississippi, were shut down by floodwaters last August, knocking out water service to most of the city, companies that depend on clean water saw many of their customers and their revenue...