By Vicky Nguyen LOS ANGELES, Calif. — This restaurant became Bret and Lucy Thompson’s baby when they opened it nearly five years ago and now they’re fighting to keep it alive. “To have it close, I feel like I went into a small depression,” said Lucy Thompson. The married couple

The Old Room at Musso & Frank. (Tina Whatcott Echeverria) By Elina Shatkin “It feels like a slap in the face,” Bret Thompson says. He and his wife, Lucy Thompson Ramirez, own Pez Cantina, a seafood-focused Mexican spot in Bunker Hill. In mid-March, when it became apparent the coronavirus pandemic would

NBC4 Los Angeles Coverage | ‘Top Chef’ Business Interruption Claim Denied By Randy Mac • Published April 20, 2020 • Updated on April 20, 2020 at 5:25 pm He reasons that the coronavirus pandemic has interrupted his business, so he wonders why isn’t insurance paying out his claim when he’s paid his premiums. A Los

Celebrity Chef and Restaurant Owner Sues Insurer Over COVID-19 Business Loss Coverage By Juliette Fairley  A celebrity chef and owner of a popular restaurant chain is seeking a declaratory judgment in a dispute that has emerged with his insurance company which is refusing to reimburse business losses incurred due to COVID-19

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NBC4 Los Angeles & Brian Kabateck Discuss Coronavirus and the Courts The wheels of justice have stopped. Chairman of the Board at Loyola Law School Brian Kabateck talks with NBC4’s Conan Nolan about the crisis facing the judiciary. Kabateck says just like there is a call for retired doctors and

The owner of a Southern California restaurant group is suing Farmers Group Inc., seeking to prevent the loss of insurance coverage needed to ensure the survival of his eateries during the coronavirus crisis. The plaintiff is Phillip Frankland Lee of Scratch Restaurants Group, head chef of Scratch Bar & Kitchen