LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Just hours before another shutdown, a Michigan restaurant association sued Tuesday to try to stop a ban on indoor dining.
The Michigan Restaurant and Lodging Association said it made “several good-faith efforts” to reach a compromise with the state health department before the three-week policy was announced Sunday night. The group says its members could have further reduced risk while keeping their dining rooms open.
Without court intervention, the ban on indoor dining could lead to the “outright devastation” of restaurants and their thousands of employees, said Justin Winslow, the association’s president.
The lawsuit asks a federal judge in western Michigan to grant an injunction. There is no word on when the court will rule.
The new emergency order from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services went into effect Wednesday at 12:01 a.m.
