![]() ![]() ![]() Pizza Inc., which operates 13 Domino’s in the Los Angeles area. “We are trying to draft something right now to put on each of our pizza boxes,” said Rick Swisher, president of L.A. The announcement sent some Domino’s affiliates scrambling Tuesday. “We only wish it had happened long before our client was injured.” Kovacs of the Missouri law firm Brinker, Doyen & Kovacs. “We are pleased that Domino’s has heeded the message the jury was sending when they spoke as the conscience of the community,” said Paul E. An attorney representing Kinder offered cautious praise for Domino’s announcement on Tuesday. The jury last week awarded Jean Kinder, the woman who was hurt in the 1989 accident, $750,000 in actual damages and $78 million in punitive damages. But he defended the company’s safety record, saying that “we are the safest delivery company in the world.” All delivery personnel are required to take defensive driving classes, he said. “That was certainly the thing that put us over the edge,” Monaghan said. Louis jury award, which the company plans to appeal. Monaghan, president of Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Domino’s, acknowledged Tuesday that the decision to eliminate the 30-minute guarantee was influenced by the St. ![]() This past Halloween, a delivery driver for an independent pizzeria struck and killed two 9-year-old cousins who were out trick-or-treating in Orange County. Delivery Service Negligence Group, an association of attorneys who handle cases involving accident injuries, says Domino’s drivers have been involved in many of its cases.Īnd Domino’s is not the only pizza deliverer to be involved in such accidents. Last May, Domino’s agreed to pay $2.8 million to the family of an Indiana woman killed by a pizza driver accused of speeding in a truck to keep the company’s delivery promise. It was not the first time that the Domino’s pizza chain, which has 5,200 outlets, has been sued for auto accidents or faced costly judgments because of its delivery policy. “We haven’t felt any (competitive) pressure because we always tell our customers when we take their orders that we don’t guarantee a delivery time, but now there won’t be the pressure on Domino’s people.” Other pizza store operators, however, say the Domino’s guarantee has put pressure on at least that chain’s store operators and drivers.ĭropping the guarantee “is a good decision,” said Ron Kay, owner of the Round Table Pizza restaurant on 17th Street in Santa Ana. Flores said the Domino’s policy of firing drivers for getting just one moving traffic violation while on the job has kept things from getting too hectic at his store. ![]()
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