South Sudanese immigrant sues Whole Foods for denying promotion
The Maine Human Rights Commission ruled in November that the company illegally discriminated against Mark Opio of Portland
Credit: Webbert & Garvan Published: 5:10 PM EDT May 11, 2021 Updated: 5:10 PM EDT May 11, 2021
PORTLAND, Maine A Portland man who emigrated from South Sudan when he was 16 is suing Whole Foods for race discrimination and retaliation.
Mark Opio filed suit in Cumberland County Superior Court Tuesday, his attorneys said in a release.
In November 2020, the Maine Human Rights Commission found reasonable grounds to believe Whole Foods and its parent company, Amazon, discriminated against Opio on the basis of race.
McDonald s claims New Jersey woman s lawsuit over feces on burger wrapper is unsubstantiated
By Ann W. Schmidt article
A woman in New Jersey is suing her local McDonald’s, claiming that her order was reportedly smeared with feces. However, the company told Fox News that it investigated the claims and found them to be unsubstantiated.
Amanda Bordois, from Millville,
New Jersey, filed the lawsuit against the local
McDonald’s which is owned and operated by franchisee JDKD Enterprises because it did not prepare and serve its food in a safe and sanitary manner, according to the Vineland Daily Journal.
Commentary: Beachfront ownership lawsuit challenges Maine Law Court errors
It remains to be seen whether Maine courts are willing to correct legal and scientific mistakes of the past.
By Orlando E. DeloguSpecial to the Press Herald
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On April 22 – Earth Day – 24 named plaintiffs, including myself, filed suit challenging Law Court errors of omission and commission in Ross v. Acadian Seaplants and the Moody Beach cases – errors that ceded title to all of Maine’s intertidal land to adjacent upland owners, and in Ross gave them title to rockweed growing in or on the intertidal land. The suit brought by these 24 plaintiffs is soundly rooted, although whether it succeeds in challenging the precedent set by the Law Court remains to be seen.
The fast-food giant, though, says an investigation found no proof to back up Amanda Bordois claim.
Bordois contends her family was sickened and suffered emotional distress after eating food purchased Jan. 13 at a Millville, New Jersey, drive-thru, according to a six-count civil suit filed last week in Cumberland County Superior Court.
After bringing the food home, Bordois said she and her daughter started to eat french fries out of one of the McDonald s bags.
When Bordois daughter reached into the same bag and took out a burger, she noticed a brown substance all over the wrapper of the burger and on (her) right hand, according to the complaint.
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