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July 2010 • Vol V, Issue 4
In this Issue:
- Insurance Recovery for Businesses Affected by the Gulf Oil Spill
- Cooking and Cleaning May Be "Essential Job Functions" Even For Managers
- E-Discovery: What Every Business Person Needs to Know Before Litigation
- Job Postings
- 2011 Hospitality Law Conference
- Funny Side of Life
Insurance Recovery for Businesses Affected by the Gulf Oil Spill
by Marshall Gilinsky, Anderson Kill
The massive Gulf Coast oil spill is all but certain to cause extensive property damage and business interruption losses to businesses along the Gulf Coast - from fisheries in Louisiana to beachfront hotels in Florida and all kinds of business around the Gulf. There are also businesses away from the coastline whose property is safe, but that might suffer business income losses anyway - for example, due to the oil's impact on ports or shipping lanes, including the Mississippi River. While such businesses are looking first at responsible parties to cover their losses - dozens of suits have already been filed and thousands will likely ensue - they should also start thinking now about their own insurance coverage.
Anderson Kill has a dedicated web page of resources for the Gulf Oil Spill.
Cooking And Cleaning May Be "Essential Job Functions" Even For Managers
by Fisher & Phillips
A federal appeals court decision provides some significant insight into what courts may consider to be "essential functions" of restaurant managers, in a case that arose under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Richardson v. Friendly Ice Cream Corporation.
E-Discovery: What Every Business Person Needs to Know Before Litigation
by Fran Griesing, Griesing Law
Member of the Global Alliance of Hospitality Attorneys
Many businesses are not aware that if they are in a dispute they have a duty to preserve all relevant documents from the time they knew or should have known of impending litigation. The failure of businesses and their lawyers to take adequate precautions to preserve and collect information even before litigation ensues has led courts to impose serious sanctions.
HospitalityLawyer.com has added a Job Postings section to the website. Information is available for those looking for a job, as well as those looking for an employee. Below are a few of the highlighted postings:
- Crestline Hotels & Resorts is looking for a Senior Paralegal.
To post a position, please contact Diana Singson.
Save the Date for the 2011 Hospitality Law Conference
The 2011 Hospitality Law Conference is scheduled for February 9-11, 2011, in Houston, Texas. Mark your calendars to not miss this one-of-a-kind conference!
Submitted by Jesse Denton, 2009 recipient of the Thomas G. Davis Loss Prevention Lifetime Achievement Award and hospitality loss prevention consultant:
A certain lawyer was quite wealthy and had a summer house in the country to which he retreated for several weeks of the year. Each summer, the lawyer would invite a different friend of his to spend a week or two up at this place which happened to be in the backwoods section of Maine.
On one particular occasion, he invited a Czechoslovakian friend to stay with him. This friend, eager to get a freebee off a lawyer, agreed. Well, they had a splendid time in the country, rising early and lived in the great outdoors. Early one morning, the lawyer and his Czechoslovakian companion went out to pick berries for their morning breakfast. As they went around the berry patch gathering blueberries and raspberries in tremendous quantities, along came two huge bears, a male and a female.
The lawyer, seeing the two bears, immediately dashed for cover. His friend wasn't so lucky, and the male bear reached him and swallowed him whole.
The lawyer ran back to his Mercedes, tore into town as fast as he could, and got the local backwoods sheriff. The sheriff grabbed his shotgun and dashed back to the berry patch with the lawyer. Sure enough, the two huge bears were still there.
"He is in THAT one," cried the lawyer, pointing to the male bear, while visions of lawsuits from his friend's family danced in his head. He just had to save his friend.
The sheriff looked at the bears, and without batting an eye, leveled his gun, took careful aim, and SHOT THE FEMALE BEAR!
"WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR?" exclaimed the lawyer. " I said he is in the other one!" " Exactly," replied the sheriff, "and would you believe a lawyer who told you that the Czech was in the male?"
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