Posted on 04/04/2021 5:02:48 AM PDT by lowbridge
A Manhattan law firm that’s been hammering New York City restaurants and delis with wage-violation suits allegedly served up fudged work records to win money for its clients, court filings claim.
In one case, Michael Faillace & Associates filed a complaint for deli grill man Luis Antonio Ortiz, alleging the worker had been stiffed on pay while logging 84 hours a week at the Prince Deli in Harlem in 2017 and 2018.
But Ortiz also claimed he worked 84 hours per week during some of the same period at a Brooklyn deli, according to court papers, a claim that led to Ortiz winning a default judgment.
A lawyer for the Prince Deli has asked federal judge US District Court Judge Edgardo Ramos for sanctions against the Faillace firm, complaining of a “bad faith filing” involving Ortiz.
“Our client has a meritorious defense and we hope that this case can be resolved quickly,” said the lawyer, Joshua Levin-Epstein.
Another scheme was alleged at Tribeca Bagels, where a former employee, also represented by Faillace, lied about his work record there, inflating how long he was on the job to win a judgment, US District Court Judge Katherine Polk Failla found in 2018.
The worker created a “timeline out of whole cloth,” the judge stated.
“Whatever defects in recollection one might attribute to the passage of time, there is plainly a difference between four and one-half weeks and eight months,” she wrote.
Polk Failla then ordered the worker to forfeit the judgment and said the bagel shop’s owners and lawyers were entitled to get their costs reimbursed
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Why are we not surprised after seeing a national election stolen
Commies R Us.
People stiffing each other in New York? I’m stunned!
“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers”
The character and intelligence of our country are shot.
It’s okay to steal a Presidential election, illegally cross the Southern border, have sanctuary cities, pretend everything is racist, and have political leaders who couldn’t pass a simple IQ test run the country, so crooks in NY should be overlooked.
Reminds me of Kramer and the bagel strike.
These are commies only insofar as all commies are organized criminals.
If you can steal an election, then why not a businesses livelihood.
Blatant disregard for existing law’s tolerated by the courts with no punishment by the court for the firm or defendant who went along with the false suit. What is the common denominator with the judges and the firms who filed ? Bar associations and law degrees Lawyer equals thief with a license . All for the love of money,Godlessness. Better off hiring an individual who works off the books,no workers comp/unemployment insurance/taxes...lawsuits.
This is just legal abuse by scum attorneys. You will never understand the depth of corruption until you go through the system. In my opinion, most lawyers remind of Priests. They expect to be placed on a pedestal, while in private are molesting little boys. In the case of attorneys they are not molesting boys but they are molesting the legal system. Neither group deserves any respect and both present false facades.
I couldn’t even count how many payroll checks I have calculated in my accounting life.
EVERY employee got a record of their hours, and those calculations...LONG before doing everything on a computer was normal.
IF this ‘Law Firm’ didn’t ask for exact records & W-2’s to confirm the complaints of the ‘offended employees’, they were part of the scam...pure & simple.
Start with the ones at the FBI.
Shyster lawyers? When did that happen?
In Los Angeles, CA there was a lawfirm that sued anyone with a business if their bathroom railing or doors were not the exact amount set by code. It took the state legislators years and KFI radio yelling about it to stop them.
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