Judge Krupp, sitting in the Massachusetts Business Litigation Session, ruled that the statute of limitations barred the plaintiff’s tort, contract, and unfair and deceptive practices.
Where a plaintiff has filed suit alleging claims arising out of the unauthorized, commercial use of her “Perfect Brownie Pan” idea, the complaint must be dismissed because it was filed outside the applicable limitations period. “In the early 2000s, plaintiff Mary Gattineri worked retail for Williams-Sonoma Stores, Inc. (‘Williams-Sonoma’). But she was not only interested
Pottery Barn
PITTSBURGH – The parent company of Pottery Barn introduced additional arguments in state court to support its allegations that an adjoining hamburger restaurant leaked both water and sewage into one of its mall stores in Mount Lebanon.
Williams-Sonoma Stores, Inc. of San Francisco, Calif. first filed suit in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on Aug. 3 versus BRGR Management, LLC of Lansdale and SRG Cranberry, LLC, of Pittsburgh.
The plaintiff said its brand Pottery Barn leased and operated a retail store in the Galleria mall, located in Mount Lebanon. Adjoining the Pottery Barn store was BRGR, a gourmet hamburger restaurant, also located in the Galleria.