All the headlines from our Restaurant Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 22 2016 // The owner/operator and management company for a Columbus Texas Roadhouse restaurant will pay $1.4 million and furnish significant equitable relief to settle a class sexual harassment suit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...
Sep 19 2016 // Maintaining a culture of safety is a company-wide initiative for California- based El Pollo Loco, according to Shaun Jackson, director of risk management for the restaurant chain. While employee morale and predatory...
Sep 2 2016 // A worker is dead after police say he was caught in the machinery of a small freight elevator at a New Jersey restaurant.Lakehurst Police Chief Eric Higgins tells the Asbury Park Press 34-year-old Oscar Francisco...
Aug 30 2016 // Restaurant Programs of America LLC has named Peter M. Enos vice president of sales in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Enos has for 25 years provided risk management solutions to clients in a variety of specialties...
Aug 19 2016 // Hawaii authorities are urging diners to be aware of the risks of eating raw and undercooked food after they traced a hepatitis A outbreak to frozen scallops served raw at a sushi restaurant chain.State Department of Health...
Aug 19 2016 // A Leominster, Mass., man who set fire to his own restaurant to collect the insurance money has been sentenced to four years in prison.Jeffrey Cordio, who owned the West End Diner, was also sentenced in federal court to...
Aug 8 2016 // Several restaurants in Northern California were damaged after suspected prank callers tricked workers into testing their fire suppression system. Elk Grove officials said three such incidents were reported in July to the...
Jul 28 2016 // Several restaurants in Northern California are damaged after suspected prank callers tricked workers into testing their fire suppression system.The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Elk Grove officials say three such...
Jul 28 2016 // A federal lawsuit over a South Carolina restaurant’s policy of charging workers to cover the cost of broken glasses and dishes is headed to trial.The Post and Courier of Charleston reports jury selection is set next...
Jun 15 2016 // Within venture capital circles, the insurance industry is sexy right now. It seems not a week goes by without another startup being announced, some with niche angles such as peer-to-peer distribution, insurance for...
Jun 1 2016 // The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that one-in-six Americans gets sick every year from contaminated food or beverages. Those in the restaurant industry cannot ignore the risks. The recent chain...
May 31 2016 // New York City plans to start enforcing a first-of-its-kind requirement for chain restaurants to use icons to warn patrons of salty foods after getting an appeals court’s go-ahead on May 26 to start issuing fines. But...
May 26 2016 // A bar in Columbia, S.C., has been accused of serving so much alcohol to one of its underage patrons that he became extremely intoxicated and crashed his motorcycle, killing a 19-year-old woman who was riding with him.The...
May 2 2016 // The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that one-in-six Americans gets sick every year from contaminated food or beverages. Those in the restaurant industry cannot ignore the risks. The recent chain...
Apr 28 2016 // More people could be exposed to foodborne illnesses in Louisiana if lawmakers approve a provision in the governor’s 2017 budget proposal which would lead to fewer inspections of the retail food industry, officials...
Apr 21 2016 // An attorney for a Minnesota man accused of firebombing a Somali restaurant across the North Dakota border in Grand Forks said that any racial overtones were overblown by people who aren’t familiar with the...
Apr 20 2016 // During the life of a Florida claim, risk managers, adjusters or clients often ask, “What kind of jurisdiction is Florida for fault?” And all too often, the answer given since 2006 is, “purely...
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...
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...
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...