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North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Bars Fargo Agency

Jul 19 2012 // North Dakota’s insurance commissioner says he’s served a cease-and-desist order on a Fargo-area insurance agent accused of failing to pay taxes and mishandling premium payments.Commissioner Adam Hamm says the...

Beloved Vermont Restaurant Rebuilding After Irene

Jul 18 2012 // Spring was gloomy in the Vermont ski town of Wilmington, following a winter with little snow on top of the damage and despair caused by Tropical Storm Irene that pummeled the town last August.Photo credit: Dot's Restaurant...

Understanding Premises and Dram Shop Liability Triggers

Jul 17 2012 // Claims involving allegations of alcohol intoxication require careful analysis when determining what policy or policies may apply.Two common theories centered on alcohol-related allegations that come into play include...

Western Security Surplus Launches Admitted Bar, Restaurant Program in Calif.

Jun 26 2012 // Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers has launched a bar, tavern and restaurant program in California. This is a brand new program in the California market, offering businesses products with access to an A- X rated,...

Behind Bars: The Business of Insuring Correctional Facilities

Jun 4 2012 // Montana State Prison inmate files suit for $2.2 million in federal court after he injures a toe when his foot got caught in a grain auger at the prison dairy.A Howard County, Indiana, inmate files a lawsuit claiming the...

Ohio Restaurant Owner Convicted of Insurance Fraud

May 24 2012 // A southwest Ohio restaurant owner has been convicted of insurance fraud for two reported break-ins that authorities say were staged.Forty-four-year-old Eva Christian could face up to 17 years in prison when sentenced June...

Ex-Workers Accused in Thibodaux, Louisiana, Restaurant Fire

May 23 2012 // Two former employees are accused of torching a Western Sizzlin restaurant in Thibodaux, La., early on May 21.Police say 18-year-old Donavan Cade Hoffpauir and 22-year-old Derrick Hebert, both of Thibodaux, were arrested on...

When Alcohol-Related Injury Allegations Strike

May 21 2012 // Claims involving allegations of alcohol intoxication require careful analysis when determining what policy or policies may apply.John P. Cunningham and Julia B. Jackson say two common theories centered on alcohol-related...

Court Sides with Mississippi Insurance Agent in Restaurant Case

May 21 2012 // The Mississippi Court of Appeals has upheld a ruling that the owners of a Bay St. Louis restaurant cannot collect more than $300,000 they claimed to be owed by a local insurance agent after their business washed away in...

Court Sides with Mississippi Insurance Agent in Restaurant Case

Apr 26 2012 // The Mississippi Court of Appeals has upheld a ruling that the owners of a Bay St. Louis restaurant cannot collect more than $300,000 they claimed to be owed by a local insurance agent after their business washed away in...

Workers’ Class Action Against Brinker Can Proceed, In Part

Apr 12 2012 // Part of a class-action lawsuit against Brinker International Inc. can proceed, the California Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, in a closely watched case about employee meal and rest breaks at the company’s...

Small-Town Cafe Banter Becomes Defamation Lawsuit in Texas

Mar 26 2012 // Bennie Dale Morris used to be a regular at Frank’s Place — eating meals and drinking coffee several times a day at the smoke-filled cafe — until the restaurant owner’s joking around got a little too...

Georgia Woman Files Harassment Claim Against Paul Deen Restaurant

Mar 7 2012 // The former general manager of a restaurant co-owned by Paula Deen claimed in a lawsuit filed Monday she was sexually harassed and subjected to a hostile work environment rife with sexual innuendo, physical intimidation and...

South Carolina Restaurant Sued for Wrongful Death

Mar 2 2012 // A renowned Charleston, S.C. restaurant has been named as a defendant in a wrongful death case.The Post and Courier of Charleston reported that a lawsuit seeking unspecified damages has been brought against the restaurant...

Vale Training Solutions Teams Up With the Insurance Journal Academy

Mar 2 2012 // Three Vale Training Solution instructors, with varying backgrounds, have one thing in common: They are bringing their expertise in insurance to students of Insurance Journal‘s Academy of Insurance.According to Mary...

Mississippi Bar Owners Say Security Guard Proposal Goes Too Far

Feb 22 2012 // Hattiesburg nightclub and bar owners say many smaller nightspots would be put out of business by a proposal to require on-site parking lots and at least three guards at every bar.The City Council has scheduled a public...

Want Fries With That Insurance Policy? Restaurants on Fidelity National’s Menu

Feb 7 2012 // A title insurance and mortgage services company that already owns a stake in the Bakers Square restaurant chain is buying the restaurant operator O’Charley’s Inc., the companies announced.Fidelity National...

Court: Workers’ Comp Bars Iraq Convoy Drivers’ Suit Against KBR, Halliburton

Jan 23 2012 // A federal appeals court has rejected a lawsuit brought against KBR Inc. and Halliburton Co. by the families of two convoy drivers killed in a 2004 insurgent attack in Iraq.The U.S. Court of Appeal for the 5th Circuit,...

Court: Workers’ Comp Bars Iraq Convoy Drivers’ Suit Against KBR, Halliburton

Jan 12 2012 // A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit brought against KBR Inc. and Halliburton Co. by the families of two convoy drivers killed in a 2004 insurgent attack in Iraq.The U.S. Court of Appeal for the 5th...

SF Bay Area Chuck E. Cheese Restaurants Fined

Dec 15 2011 // Nine Chuck E. Cheese restaurants in the San Francisco Bay area have been fined a total of more than $28,000 for violating federal child labor laws.The U.S. Labor Department, which announced the fines this week, said...