According to various news reports, several (as many as eight) people were injured yesterday when shelving at a Bronx Dollar Store collapsed in a “thunderous roar”, causing objects (including cans and dishes) to fall. As this just happened and details are still emerging, it is far too early to determine whether, and to what extent, the…
Read More Bronx Dollar Store Shelving Collapse – Res Ipsa Loquitur?Today, April 8, is Equal Pay Day, which (according to the Huffington Post) marks “the number of extra days into 2014 the average woman has to work to earn as much as her male counterpart did in 2013.” President Obama also signed executive orders today addressing gender-based wage discrimination. The primary federal legislation addressing gender…
Read More Equal Pay DayHere is the state court complaint filed by Robert Esselborn against the Crosby Street Hotel and Chef Anthony Paris. Plaintiff claims that he was fired shortly after taking time off to care for his dying wife, in violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.
Read More Robert Esselborn’s FMLA Complaint Against Crosby Street Hotel and Anthony Paris