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Covid Columns,
Civil Litigation

Dec. 28, 2020

When tuna rolls and $32 ribs are essential items

Essentials during an emergency: Gasoline? Check. Groceries? Check. Medicine? Check. $32 restaurant prepared barbecue ribs? …Check?

Scott Pressman

Associate
Dykema Gossett LLP

UCLA SOL; Los Angeles CA

Allison M. Scott

Associate
Dykema Gossett LLP

Chapman Univ SOL; Orange CA

Essentials during an emergency: Gasoline? Check. Groceries? Check. Medicine? Check. $32 restaurant prepared barbecue ribs? …Check?

According to a recent class action complaint filed against Hillstone Restaurant Group, Inc., a company that owns restaurants in several states, barbecue ribs are, in fact, essential items. And, as a result, a judicial remedy is appropriate to protect and compensate consumers harmed by price hikes on entr...

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