US EditionWA Appeals Court Upholds $1M Fine for Violating COVID Dining Rules
Stuffy's II was fined $18,000 for each of 52 days it violated the indoor dining ban to prevent COVID-19 spread, with courts confirming willful violation and harm caused.
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Washington restaurant fined $1M for COVID-19 violations
A Washington restaurant’s fine of nearly $1 million — for repeatedly violating the state’s indoor dining ban throughout the COVID-19 pandemic — was upheld by an appeals court Tuesday, according to The Washington State Standard. Stuffy’s II Restaurant in Longview owes a $936,000 fine, $18,000 for each of the 52 days that it was open for indoor dining during an emergency proclamation ban that was in effect. RELATED STORIESIn-N-Out Burger announces…
Last week, the Washington State Court of Appeals ordered Stuffy’s II, a restaurant in southwestern Washington, to pay nearly $1 million for repeatedly violating the state’s indoor dining ban during the COVID-19 pandemic. The three-judge panel ruled that Stuffy’s II, owned by a Dolin couple in Longview, willfully violated the state of emergency order for 52 days, exposing its employees to repeated exposure to a potentially fatal disease and causi…
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