Michigan Restaurant Sues Gretchen Whitmer over Coronavirus Penalties
11 May 2021
A Michigan restaurant Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s (D-MI) administration has repeatedly targeted for allegedly violating her coronavirus orders is now suing her.
Iron Pig Smokehouse refused to abide by Whitmer’s second lockdown last fall and remained open.
“We felt like there’s a moral fiduciary responsibility to our staff and to our creditors as well,” owner Ian Murphy told 9 & 10 News in November.
Whitmer’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development took Iron Pig to court to strip it of its food license, a process that dragged out for months. Even after Whitmer said restaurants could partially reopen to in-person dining, her representatives continued to pursue legal action against the eatery.