When Roberto Guerrero and his family emigrated from war-torn Nicaragua in the 1980s, they hoped to share their family’s love of coffee with the residents of San Francisco. Starting with one store in 1987, members of the family opened several coffee shops in the Bay Area…
“These types of lawsuits highly abuse the law.”Roberto Guerrero ·Cumaica Coffee · San Francisco, CA
When Ramiro Arvizu and Jaime del Campo first opened their small Mexican restaurant, La Casita Mexicana, in 2000, they wanted to provide a taste of Mexican culture to the residents of Bell, California, a predominantly Latino city located just outside of Los Angeles…
“It’s very difficult to start a business. With things like lawsuits, it’s stopping everything from growing.”Jaime del Campo & Ramiro Arvizu ·La Casita Mexicana · Bell, CA
As a kid, Mike Roman raced go-karts and dreamed of being a race car driver. But all of his dreams and hopes seemed to disappear in 1994 when minor knee surgery led to a life-threatening staph infection. After thirty-three surgeries to save his leg, it was eventually amputated…
“Our fear as a family is that lawsuits will choke down the pipeline of innovation.”Mike Roman ·Landspeed Racer · Bonneville Salt Flats
“Everyone deserves their day in court,” says Steve Arnold, the owner of Peachtree Pest Control in Loganville, Georgia. “But when is enough, enough?” He’s referring to a fourteen-year long ordeal that forced his small, family owned business to endure a lawsuit, two trials…
“I know what it feels like to sit in a jury trial and see your life being auctioned off to the highest bidder.”Steve Arnold ·Peachtree Pest Control · Atlanta, GA
By the end of 2009, unemployment in Michigan reached 15 percent. While neighboring businesses in Bay City lay off employees or close their doors, Richard Singer and his father are working hard to keep their small business afloat…
“Most of these cases settle before they ever make it to trial, so people that understand the system… will bring these cases over and over again in order to get something for nothing.”Richard & Dick Singer ·Acra Cast, Inc. · Bay City, MI
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