Latest Restaurant Headlines
All the headlines from our Restaurant Topic Page, ordered by recency.
500 Tennessee Restaurants to Pay $4.8M Tab for Bankrupt Workers’ Comp Fund
Feb 10 2008 // It’s now official — a judge has ordered a group of Tennessee restaurant owners to pay $4.8 million into a workers’ compensation fund that was mismanaged. About 500 Tennessee Restaurant Association members...
Get it in Writing
Feb 10 2008 // When it comes to settling claims, vendor contracts solidify a business’ protection There was a time when a verbal agreement, sealed with a handshake, was enough to establish and maintain a business partnership. But...
Decision: Tenn. Restaurants to Pay $4.8 Million to Workers’ Comp Fund
Jan 28 2008 // A judge has ordered a group of Tennessee restaurant owners to pay $4.8 million into a workers’ compensation fund that was mismanaged. About 500 Tennessee Restaurant Association members will have to pay thousands each...
Tenn. Restaurant Owners Concerned about Workers’ Comp Insurer
Jan 21 2008 // Some Tennessee restaurant owners are concerned that a small, unrated insurance company with ties to the state has been chosen to take over a worker’s compensation fund. Already liable for a $4.8 million fund that the...
Tennessee Restaurant Owners Looking at $4.8M Worker’s Comp Bill
Jan 18 2008 // Restaurant owners across Tennessee may have to pay thousands each to shore up a workers’ compensation fund that the state says was mismanaged. The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance is suing Ronnie Hart,...
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...
