They include two Suffolk County sisters whose dream of running a Dairy Queens was threatened by a lawsuit filed under a decades-old law that forced them to shell out $780,000 and construction companies compelled to pay out even when workers are injured because of their own negligence.
Robey and DeMint, as with most business owners, were clueless of the obscure law when they opened their Medford DQ and started paying workers every two weeks.An allegedly troubled employee filed a case over overtime payments, which soon blizzarded into the $6 million class action case, accusing them of breaking the antiquated weekly pay law for years.
Four New York construction companies sued a swath of lawyers, contending the attorneys ran a sophisticated scheme that coordinates runners to stage accidents to pursue fraudulent claims with high-dollar payouts. She said it’s not hard to spot some of the dubious cases — and some have witnesses who report someone seemingly deliberately hurting themselves.“The other example is when someone has a minor injury where they hurt their finger for example and next thing we know, they’re having five surgeries” Vamvakas said. “So, each of these surgeries are equal to $1 million each.
A search for cases Sheehan represents in New York civil courts returns over a hundred cases filed over the last decade. His opponents in court include familiar household companies like Walmart, Aldi, Stop & Shop, the Hershey Company and Target among plenty of others. But he’s not alone in his food-focused filings.