All the headlines from our Restaurant Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 22 2021 // A New Orleans judge has denied a motion for declaratory judgment that insurance coverage is owed to a restaurant for business income that was lost when it was required to close its dining room because of the COVID-19...
Feb 19 2021 // The Black owner of 14 McDonald’s franchises says the company has shown more favorable treatment to white owners and denied him the opportunity to buy restaurants in more affluent communities, according to a civil...
Feb 7 2021 // A Michigan restaurant has agreed to pay $200,000 and furnish other relief settle a federal sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit, authorities say.The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed the...
Jan 29 2021 // Society Insurance, a Wisconsin-based insurance carrier specializing in coverage for select business niches, has added Joseph Aranas as regional sales manager for the Georgia market.Aranas will help spearhead...
Jan 26 2021 // Managing general underwriter WestPro Insurance Services has formed a program partnership with Obsidian, a hybrid fronting program carrier.WestPro, a division of Platinum Specialty Underwriters, targets neighborhood bars,...
Jan 25 2021 // Something must be in Ohio’s air. Another Ohio court recorded a pro-insured COVID decision on January 19, 2021.In Henderson Road Restaurant Systems, Inc v. Zurich American Insurance Company, the United States District...
Jan 11 2021 // An Oklahoma judge has extended a temporary restraining order allowing bars and restaurants across Oklahoma to stay open past an 11 p.m. curfew issued in November by Gov. Kevin Stitt in an effort to slow the spread of the...
Jan 7 2021 // After spending most of 2020 telling small businesses to close and limit their customers, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday proposed $4 billion worth of state spending he says will help them survive in 2021.Newsom was...
Jan 6 2021 // A wave of litigation over business-interruption losses caused by COVID-19 shutdown orders has started splashing into the appellate courts.Appeals of trial court decisions in at least 11 lawsuits have been filed so far, all...
Dec 29 2020 // Hundreds, if not thousands, of lawsuits have been filed across the U.S. in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic that has gripped the nation and the world this year. The Midwest region has not been spared by the disease or its...
Dec 28 2020 // Restaurant owners, who have seen their capacity and hours limited by government entities, are struggling to keep the doors open, while their staff, often in a very public-facing position, try to stay both employed and...
Dec 28 2020 // Motorcycle helmets, protest damage and COVID-19 pandemic-related lawsuits dominated the headlines in Insurance Journal’s Midwest region in 2020. Here’s a look back at some of most read stories for the Midwest...
Dec 28 2020 // The weather, as usual, made for many headlines in Insurance Journal’s South Central region in 2020. COVID-19 related lawsuits and transactions involving nonstandard auto business also made news. Here’s a look...
Dec 21 2020 // Oklahoma bars and restaurants have effectively won a temporary reprieve from a curfew that has been forcing them to close early since November to minimize the spread of the coronavirus.A state judge sided with a group of...
Dec 18 2020 // It would be just a temporary precaution.When the viral pandemic erupted in March, employees of the small digital insurance firm Thimble fled their Manhattan offices. CEO Jay Bregman planned to call them back soon — as...
Dec 14 2020 // The owner of a historic St. Cloud, Minn., bar has been indicted on federal arson and wire fraud charges for allegedly setting fire to the business and submitting a fraudulent insurance claim, prosecutors announced.Andrew...
Dec 14 2020 // The COVID-19 pandemic could result in net losses from $3.2 trillion and up to $4.8 trillion in U.S. real gross domestic product (GDP) over the course of two years, a new University of Southern California (USC) study...
Dec 10 2020 // Los Angeles County’s health director acted “arbitrarily” and didn’t prove the danger to the public when she banned outdoor dining at restaurants as coronavirus cases surged last month, a judge ruled...
Dec 9 2020 // Bar owners in Kansas’ largest city are challenging rules designed to slow the spread of COVID-19, hoping to use the courts to overturn a mask mandate, limits on public gatherings and an 11 p.m. closing time for bars...
Dec 9 2020 // Three people were hospitalized Thursday following a gas explosion in the kitchen of a Virginia restaurant, leaving one of the victims with life-threatening injuries, according to authorities.Crossroads Restaurant in...