Giron v. Zeytuna, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LISMAN MISAEL DE LEON GIRON, et al., Plaintiffs, Case No. 20-cv-1977 (GMH) v. ZEYTUNA, INC., et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER This action has a somewhat complicated procedural history that informs the primary issue before the Court: whether Plaintiffs may pursue wage-and-hour claims against a business they allege is a successor to a restaurant that recently emerged from Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings, or whether they are barred from doing so because the bankruptcy estate “owned” the successor liability claim, which…