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How Hurricane Katrina Changed Business Preparation Planning for Disasters
Jul 6 2015 // Nearly 10 years ago, wind and storm surges as a result of Hurricane Katrina caused $41 billion in insured losses and $108 billion in total economic losses. Many of the lawsuits filed as a result of the fifth hurricane of...
$40M Jury Award in Suit Over California TGI Friday’s Killing
Jun 22 2015 // A Southern California jury awarded $40 million to the parents of a man who was stabbed to death in a TGI Friday’s restaurant. The panel found that the restaurant’s operator was 55 percent responsible for the...
Idaho Woman Sues Red Robin, Alleging Her Firing Was For Opposing Racism
May 21 2015 // A northern Idaho woman is suing the national restaurant chain Red Robin in federal court because she says she was fired for complaining about racist hiring practices. Stacie Ward of Post Falls filed the whistleblower...
E&O Insights: Insuring Restaurants and Taverns Presents Some Real E&O Risks
May 4 2015 // Although most agencies insure at least one restaurant or tavern, this shouldn’t suggest that they are easy accounts to write. Errors and omissions (E&O) carriers will readily admit that writing this class of...
NYC Mayor: Someone May Have ‘Inappropriately’ Tapped Gas Line
Mar 28 2015 // Someone may have improperly tapped a gas line before an explosion that leveled three apartment buildings and injured nearly two dozen people, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Friday, March 27, as firefighters...
McDonald’s Workers in 19 Cities File OSHA Complaints
Mar 16 2015 // McDonald’s Corp. restaurant workers from 19 U.S. cities complained to regulators on Monday that their working conditions are hazardous and have led to severe burns from hot grills and fryer oil. Workers taking part...
New Drought Rules at Restaurants, Hotels Considered in California
Mar 9 2015 // Officials are considering new water restrictions as California’s drought drags on, possibly forcing residents to ask for water at restaurants and for fresh towels and sheets at hotels. The State Water Resources...
Armed Robbers Nab $4.8M in Gold Bars off Armored Truck on North Carolina Highway
Mar 5 2015 // Shortly after dusk on Sunday along a lonely stretch of Interstate 95, armed robbers hijacked an armored truck, tied up the two guards and disappeared into the night with 275 pounds of gold bars. The guards working for...
Waffle House Has Disaster Response On Its Menu
Feb 23 2015 // When a big storm or tornado devastates a community, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) usually steps in to help state and local officials. But in recent years, FEMA has been getting some help of its own from an...
New Drought Rules at Restaurants, Hotels Considered in California
Feb 19 2015 // Officials are considering new water restrictions as California’s drought drags on, possibly forcing residents to ask for water at restaurants and for fresh towels and sheets at hotels. The State Water Resources...
ProHost USA, XL Add Umbrella Excess Coverage to Restaurant Insurance Product
Feb 6 2015 // XL Group and insurance program administrator ProHost USA have added an extra layer of insurance protection to its umbrella excess insurance coverage product offering for fine dining and casual...
N.H. Liquor Commission Ramps Up Efforts to Prevent Drunken Driving
Dec 15 2014 // The New Hampshire Liquor Commission is ramping up efforts to prevent drunken driving during the holiday season by increasing undercover monitoring of establishments serving alcohol and partnering with the state police to...
California Drought Bad Tidings for Rice Harvest
Oct 30 2014 // California’s deepening drought is shrinking its rice harvest, and that’s bad news for farmers, migratory birds and sushi lovers. The $5 billion industry exports rice to more than 100 countries and specializes...
Franchisee Business Investments Would be Protected by California Bill
Sep 22 2014 // When Kathryn Slater-Carter learned her family would lose $1.5 million after McDonald’s Corp. did not renew the franchise agreement on one of their restaurants in the San Francisco suburbs, she tried for a second time...
Judge Denies Class Action for Employees Suing Florida’s Darden Restaurant
Sep 8 2014 // A U.S. judge has ruled that food servers and bartenders employed by Darden Restaurants Inc., which owns chains including Olive Garden, the Capital Grille and LongHorn Steakhouse, cannot sue the company as a group for...
‘Cops’ Film Crew Member Killed by Omaha Police Bullet
Aug 29 2014 // When the call came from an officer who needed help facing an armed robber at a fast-food restaurant, two members of a reality television show riding along with Omaha police hustled to record the confrontation. In the...
Oregon Family of DUI Victim Settles with Driver, Restaurants
Aug 18 2014 // A settlement agreement in a Lane County, Ore., drunk driving lawsuit appears to award slightly more than $180,000 to the victim’s heirs. The mother and two children of a Cottage Grove woman killed by a drunken driver...
Oregon Family of DUI Victim Settles with Driver, Restaurants
Aug 18 2014 // A settlement agreement in a Lane County, Ore., drunk driving lawsuit appears to award slightly more than $180,000 to the victim’s heirs. The mother and two children of a Cottage Grove woman killed by a drunken driver...
Oregon Family of DUI Victim Settles with Driver, Restaurants
Aug 5 2014 // A settlement agreement in a Lane County, Ore. drunk driving lawsuit appears to award slightly more than $180,000 to the victim’s heirs. The Register-Guard reported the mother and two children of a Cottage Grove woman...
Texas Jury Enters $27M Verdict Against McDonald’s
Aug 4 2014 // McDonald’s Corp. lost a $27 million jury verdict in Texas over a claim that lax security at one of its restaurants led to the deaths of two teenagers, an award litigators say is unlikely to survive appeal. The...
