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Pending $540,000 settlement against Merrimack restaurant the most read story

By Staff | Jan 18, 2015

A pending $540,000 class-action lawsuit against a Merrimack steakhouse owned by well-known chef and restaurateur Michael Buckley was the most read story on nashuatelegraph.com for the week ending Jan. 17.

Proposal in lawsuit would give $14 gift cards to thousands of Buckley’s Great Steaks customers” was viewed more than 8,000 times.

If a U.S. District Court judge agrees, Buckley’s Great Steaks Inc. will provide at least 20,000 customers with the gift cards to settle a suit filed by Massachusetts woman who says the restaurant’s point-of-sale machines put her credit cards at risk by not hiding the expiration date on a receipt, a violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act.

The two sides also agreed that the restaurant and Michael Timothy’s Dining Group Inc. would pay between $55,000 and $77,000 in attorney fees plus $3,000 to woman plaintiff.

Nashua Mayor Donnalee Lozeau announcement that she won’t seek a third term was the second most read story for the week with more than 3,500 page views.

“When I first ran for mayor in 2007, I really believed I was the right person at the right term,” Lozeau told the Board of Aldermen Tuesday night. “Just as 2007 was the right time for me to run and be elected mayor, I think 2016 is the right time for me to look for other opportunities” and search for other ventures, she added.

The perils of selling personal items through social media led to the third most read story of the week with Mass. men arrested for assaulting victim, stealing his sneakers generating more than 3,300 page views.

Three Massachusetts teenagers are accused of threatening a Nashua man and stealing a dozen pairs of his sneakers along with several other personal items including a PlayStation 4, an HP laptop and iPod Touch. The victim was a Cedar Street resident who had agreed on a Facebook page to sell shoes to one of the suspects.

A former Merrimack man sentenced to at least 20 years in prison for for sexually abusing a young girl over the course of several years was the fourth most read story of the week with more than 3,000 page views. The victim, now 26, was 13 when Christopher Slayback began engaging in sexual activity with her. The abuse continued for nearly six years.

Following the sentence, the victim explained why she kept silent for so long.

“I knew what to do, but I was scared of the consequences … I didn’t feel there were any options … no escape. I just felt trapped.”

With $2,000 in Fuller Oil credit limbo, Lyndeborough woman waits” was the fifth most read story of the week with more than 2,000 page views. Jennifer Howe is the third former Fuller customer to contact The Telegraph with a credit claim that’s not part of the legal agreement with Rhymes Oil of Concord to buy the Hudson company.

Howe has filed a claim with U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Concord, and hopes that it will decide she will get her refund.

Jeffrey Varsalone, managing director of CBIZ corporate recovery services, which has been hired to handle the Fuller Oil bankruptcy, says that company is trying to get a handle on such “miscellaneous customer credits,” to see what, if anything, will be done. He said Fuller Oil’s books make it unclear how many such customers are out there.

Rounding out the top 10 most read stories of the week are:

Mothers murder their own children 450-500 times a year in the US” (1,845 views)

Police: With 5-year-old at the wheel, school bus crashes into Merrimack building ” (1,789 views)

As aviation in NH shrinks, future of state’s airports is up for discussion ” (1,567 views)

Granite Town Plaza in Milford sold for $6.1 million” (1,534 views)

Hollis, Brookline co-op voters approve new school formula” (1,389)


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