Maryland restaurant trade group sues Baltimore City, other counties over coronavirus dining restrictions
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Maryland restaurant trade group sues Baltimore City, other counties over coronavirus dining out restrictions
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Marshall Weston, Jr., President and CEO of the Restaurant Association of Maryland (RAM).
The Restaurant Association of Maryland (RAM) is taking legal action against jurisdictions, including Montgomery County, for closing indoor dining.
“With the winter weather all but eliminating outdoor dining, restaurants across the state are trying to survive and keep their employees working with restricted indoor dining and carryout business alone,” said Marshall Weston, Jr., President and CEO of RAM, at a press conference Friday morning. “Yet, there are some jurisdictions that have restricted this model even further by eliminating indoor dining.”
Weston said that on Friday, RAM filed requests for temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions against Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties, and Baltimore City. In the three jurisdictions, indoor dining has been at least temporarily suspended and outdoor dining is restricted. In Montgomery County, indoor dining is suspended;