KWTX.com - A Texas woman is seeking $1 million in damages from a steakhouse that’s known for allowing diners to throw peanut shells on the floor after she says she slipped and fell on the the shells.

Amelia Tijerina says she suffered physical pain, mental anguish and physical impairment after she slipped on the peanut shells scattered across the floor of the Texas Roadhouse. Continue

MySuncoast.com - The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Bradenton man for the death of popular restaurant manager Taian “Andrew” Tian.

Sarasota County detectives identified the three men who left the New Dynasty restaurant on July 14th without paying for their $35 meal.

Two of the men told detectives that that 20-year-old Juan De Dios Rodriguez of Bradenton threw the punch that knocked Tian to the ground and caused the serious head trauma that led to his death.

Rodriguez is also the man that witnesses described as having a rosary tattoo on his hand. The other two men are considered witnesses in the case. Continue

WVrecord.com - A lawsuit alleging a Long John Silver’s employee suffered burns when he was told to melt ice in a walk-in freezer with hot water has been removed to federal court.

Little Giant Enterprises, the operator of the Long John Silver’s in Charles Town, removed Joshua Shepherd’s lawsuit against it to U.S. District Court for the Northern District on July 8. Records show Shepherd is seeking more than $1 million.

On July 15, the defendants filed their answer to the complaint and a motion to dismiss the individual defendants, while the plaintiff has moved to remand the case back to Jefferson County Circuit Court. Continue

Sun-sentinel.com - Marilyn Monroe may have been the most prominent sex symbol of the last century, but her image cannot be used to promote a highbrow West Palm Beach strip club, her estate argued in a federal lawsuit filed last week.

Monroe's of Palm Beach is infringing on the late actress' trademark by using her name and image in its signs, its Twitter account and its very name, according to the lawsuit filed by the estate of Marilyn Monroe, which is based in New York. Continue

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Restaurantnews.com - Ken Adams has been turning to more part-time workers at his 10 Subway sandwich shops in Michigan to avoid possibly incurring higher health-care costs under the new federal insurance law.

He added approximately 25 part-time workers in May and June as he reduced some employees’ hours and replaced other workers who left. The move showed how efforts by some restaurant owners and other businesses to remake their workforces because of the Affordable Care Act may be turning the country’s labor market into a more part-time workforce. Continue

TBO.com = A $3,000 reward is being offered for information in the beating death of a restaurant manager who confronted men who left without paying.

About 9:38 p.m. July 14, employees and witnesses say the Tain "Andrew" Tian followed after three male customers who left the New Dynasty Chinese Restaurant, 6131 South Tamiami Trail, without paying their $30 bill, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office. They heard tires squeal a short time later but did not find Tian for some time and did not know how he was injured.

Tian was found unconscious in the driveway of a nearby business and transported to the hospital, where he underwent surgery, the sheriff's office said. Tian, 51, died Friday of severe head injuries. Continue

Gainesville.com - A group of frustrated employees endured heat and rainy weather this weekend to wave signs in protest of what they said have been a string of bounced paychecks from Tasty Buddha, a restaurant with Asian and American menu items at 2410 NW 43rd St.

NYdailynews.com - Thx 4 all ur help, but ur fired.

That was the message — text message, actually — a group of Florida restaurant employees got from a restaurant owner July 4th when he told them the business was closed.

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Jodi Jackson spent two years cooking at the restaurant — but she is still waiting for her final paycheck.

"I think it's immoral," Jodi Jackson, who spent two years working at Barducci's Italian Bistro in Winter Park, told WFTV. "I think it's cowardice."

The Winter Park restaurant's owner, Gregory Kennedy, gave no notice when he sent the Fourth of July surprise text telling more than 12 employees of the closure. They haven't even been paid their final checks, Jackson said.

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