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Tuesday, December 05 2017 |
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A class action lawsuit has been filed against the Cheesecake Factory alleging that diners who split the bill may have unwittingly left more for tips than they perhaps otherwise would have.
Marcel Goldman is suing the California-based restaurant chain after she followed the suggested tipping chart on her bill, which recommended $11.50 to $16.94, leaving a $15.40 tip when her share of the bill was $38.50. According to news reports, the suggested tipping chart is based on the bill's entirety, not a particular diner's share of it. Goldman sent a "billing error" letter to the Cheesecake Factory headquarters, but the error was not corrected.
"Consumers should be aware," Goldman’s attorney Julian Hammond said. "Why are we left to our own devices to do arithmetic acrobatics when the suggested gratuity represented is not true? The mathematic calculation is misleading. It must end; it needs to change."
A Cheesecake Factory spokesperson countered that the chain’s gratuity ranges are simply suggestions and it’s up to consumers to decide how much to tip.
"Guests are free to tip as they please," said Alethea Rowe. "We believe our guests appreciate the service provided by our hardworking staff and tip accordingly."
—Source: mercurynews.com |
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Thursday, November 30 2017 |
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Despite the continuing lawsuit between mother and son, reality show "Welcome to Sweetie Pie's" recently returned to the air.
The matriarch, reality star and founder of "Sweetie Pie's" restaurants, Miss Robbie Montgomery, is embroiled in an ongoing lawsuit she filed against her son and co-star Tim Norman, who helps his mom run the restaurants. Miss Robbie claimed Tim was moving too fast in opening "Sweetie Pie's" restaurants and that several of the new restaurants were opened without her permission to use her "Sweetie Pie's" name, constituting an infringement on her trademark.
According to news reports, settlement discussions continue. Stay tuned...
—Source: hiphollywood.com |
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Tuesday, November 14 2017 |
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An Alabama man has been awarded $7.5 million in his lawsuit against Walmart after he became entangled in a wooden pallet, causing him to fall and break his hip.
Henry Walker of Phenix City, Alabama, claimed his foot became trapped in a pallet beneath watermelons when he reached for the fruit. Walker’s attorney argued that Walmart should have covered the pallet to protect its customers. Walmart maintained the displays, which come to the store from the producer already packaged in that fashion, are not inherently dangerous and that Walker’s negligence put him at fault.
"We are disappointed in the verdict," Walmart spokesman Randy Hargrove added. “We appreciate the jury's service, however we believe that the damages awarded were excessive in light of the facts in this case. We plan to appeal."
—Source: msn.com |
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Thursday, November 09 2017 |
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A Stanford University professor is suing the author and publisher of a peer reviewed study seeking $10 million in damages for "libel and slander" and the retraction of a published paper.
Mark Z. Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University, has filed suit in D.C. Superior Court against Christopher Clack, of Vibrant Energy, and the publishers of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). According to new sources, Jacobson authored a paper in 2015 that mapped out a course to powering the U.S. entirely by renewable energy sources by the year 2050. In 2017, a study conducted by Clack and colleagues, and published in PNAS, refuted the findings in Jacobson’s paper.
In the lawsuit, Jacobson claims he reported at least 30 “false” and five “misleading statements” to NAS prior to the publication of Clack’s study, but NAS published the study anyway. Jacobson further alleges that the Clack study has harmed his reputation and career.
"The resulting headlines and articles in the press made Dr. Jacobson and his co-authors look like poor, sloppy, incompetent, and clueless researchers when, in fact, there were no 'modeling errors' made in their study," the suit states.
Clack, calling the lawsuit “unfortunate,” stated, “I am disappointed that this suit has been filed. Our paper underwent very rigorous peer review, and two further extraordinary editorial reviews by the nation’s most prestigious academic journal, which considered Dr. Jacobson’s criticisms and found them to be without merit. It's unfortunate that Dr. Jacobson has now chosen to re-argue his points in a court of law, rather than in the academic literature, where they belong."
—Source: mashable.com |
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Thursday, November 02 2017 |
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A Washington state man is suing the United States Postal Service after not receiving his mail for nearly a decade because his previous dog, now deceased, was deemed too threatening.
Randall Ehrlich says he remains blacklisted and put on a “dog hold” for mail service by the USPS despite the passing of his previous dog and his offer to install a mailbox near the sidewalk, rather than receive his mail in the slot next to his door. Ehrlich claims that even when there was no dog living in the house, he remained on the list. Although Ehrlich now has another dog, he maintains this dog, Ilsa, is low-key.
“The regular mail carrier will not deliver to my residence,” Ehrlich said. “They keep on bringing it back to dogs. And I just want to get my mail."
According to news reports, animal attorney Adam Karp is now helping Ehrlich file a lawsuit. “It is not a very common complaint that I get,” Karp said. “So essentially, they make the decisions unilaterally and there's no appeal from that.”
In defense of its position, the USPS issued this statement: "It is important to note that the safety of our employees is paramount at the U.S. Postal Service when we make operational decisions affecting customer service and delivery practices.”
Ehrlich's case is now heading to court.
“I'd rather not be doing this. I'd rather just be getting my mail," Ehrlich said. "I've found no other recourse.”
—Source: fox2now.com |
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