Government,
Covid Court Ops
Oct. 28, 2022
Consolidation mulled for restaurants’ suits over fees under shutdown
The lawsuits were brought by restaurants that were charged fees for various business licenses while at the same time county and city governments ordered them to stop operating to prevent COVID transmission.
A superior court judge will decide whether multiple lawsuits throughout the state by restaurants who were charged permit fees during the COVID-19 mandated business shutdowns should be remanded back to their counties of origin, as the defendants’ request, or tried in Los Angeles, as the plaintiffs want.
“The plaintiffs and defendants have continued to dialogue with one another in good faith,” Judge Stuart M. Rice said in a Thursday status co...
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