Lawler v. Windmill Restaurant

This is another exciting challenge to right a great wrong. A wrong perpetrated upon one of the most defenseless in our society, a kitchen worker in a truck stop earning $4 per hour. Under our statutes, under the settled law of this state, under foreign authorities (see, for example, Carpino v. Treasure Chest Restaurant, 106 A.D.2d 782, 483 N.Y.S.2d 817 (1984)), and under Larson’s on Workmen’s Compensation, she is entitled to win this appeal. I am reminded of words, found in St. John, that one must seek first the truth and it shall set you free. Passion and strength for that which is right and…