Category Archives: Latest Developments

Suits Challenge Hooters On Wage-and-Hour Issues

Dina Partridge, left, and Danielle Sitnyakovsky, who are former Hooter Girls, are part of a law suit against the restaurant chain. By MALIA WOLLAN Published: April 9, 2010 When Dina Partridge of Pleasanton first put on her Hooter Girl uniform in 2004, she was the single mother of a toddler daughter, she said, and she felt lucky. “There were [...]
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Central Valley Hooters Case

CENTRAL VALLEY LAWSUIT BACKGROUND The Central Valley Hooters case – Galakhova, et al v. Hooters of America, Inc., et al was just filed on March 16, 2010, as a class action against Hooters of America, against the five Central Valley Hooters (Sacramento, Natomas, Rancho Cordova, Fresno and Bakersfield) and against the operators and owners. The Plaintiffs [...]
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Another Hooters Uniform Employment Practices Suit

By Tanya Roth on March 18, 2010 8:45 AM Hooters has just been sued for the third time in the state of California for illegal employment practices. The restaurant, best known for its pneumatic wait staff and hot wings, is under fire for its treatment of employees as relates to the Hooters uniform and [...]
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Bay Area Lawsuit

BAY AREA LAWSUIT BACKGROUND The Bay Area Hooters case – Partridge, et al v. HOTT Wings, et al – is moving forward. The Court has rejected various attacks of Hooters to dismiss portions of the case. After many depositions and after Hooters has provided us with thousands of pages of documents, we are going to a [...]
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Hooters Litigation Expands: Three Lawsuits Filed

We now have three class actions pending against Hooters franchises in California: Bay Area (Partridge) Southern California (Estrada) Central Valley (Galakhova) Hooters of America, Inc., the Atlanta, GA based operator and franchisor of over 450 Hooters franchises, is a defendant in two of the cases.  All three class actions attack the illegal practices of Hooters not paying for uniforms, [...]
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Hooters Sued…

Are you currently an employee, or an ex-employee, of  Hooters? Do you think you have been the victim of wage and hour violations? If so, maybe we can help. Please complete the Hooters Employee Survey. Watch the Channel 2 Special Report on the case. More Media Coverage →
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