Woman with food allergy loses appeal over voice change
COMSTOCK PARK (AP) — A woman who says a Jimmy John’s sandwich damaged her ability to speak has failed to persuade the Michigan Court of Appeals to reinstate her lawsuit.
Lindsey Bresnahan didn’t want Dijon mustard on her sandwich, but the mustard was mistakenly used. Bresnahan believes she’s allergic to horseradish in the mustard. The impact was severe: She had to undergo speech therapy to regain full use of her voice.
But the appeals court agreed with a Kent County judge who said the Jimmy John’s franchise in Comstock Park isn’t liable, even if staff made a mistake. The court says employees weren’t told Bresnahan was allergic and the reaction was “not foreseeable.”
The court says it’s unreasonable to require restaurants to treat menu modifications as a “possible severe food allergy.”
School agency to pay $450K to close sexual harassment case
ALLEGAN (AP) — An education agency in western Michigan has agreed to pay $450,000 to settle a lawsuit on behalf of two teachers who said they were sexually harassed.
The settlement was filed last Wednesday in federal court. The agreement requires the Allegan Area Educational Services Agency to train employees to properly handle complaints of sexual harassment. The agency is required to keep the government informed about complaints and any resolution over the next 18 months.
One teacher will receive $250,000 and the other will get $200,000.
Jonathan Garcia was a principal at the education agency, which serves school districts in Allegan County and offers programs to children with disabilities. He was accused of groping the women and forcing one to perform sex acts.
Garcia went to prison for 2 ½ years.
School wants lawsuit tied to shooting tossed
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A university is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit stemming from a fatal shooting on its campus in 2018.
The Winston-Salem Journal reports that Wake Forest University is disputing the allegations lodged by Jemel Dixon, the mother of Winston-Salem State University football player Najee Ali Baker. He was shot and killed as he walked away from a party venue.
Dixon’s lawsuit says school officials ignored a report calling for university police to provide equal security at all student events and of failing to provide enough security measures to prevent the shooting.
In its motion, Wake Forest attorney Shana Fulton says even if the allegations are true, the lawsuit fails to prove that anything the university did or didn't do had anything to do with Baker’s death.
Squirrel leads two officers scampering in police entry
STRATHAM, N.H. (AP) — Two police officers have had a little run in with a squirrel in a pursuit caught on video.
A Facebook post by the Stratham Police Department shows the two officers opening a garage door entry when the squirrel comes running inside. The animal appears to run around in a circle, with the officers scampering after it in an attempt to corner the squirrel or chase it back out.
The post says the squirrel was not hurt, “and the boys were okay too.”
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