Tampa Bay Rays Baseball, LTD. v. Volume Services, Inc.

  1. June 20, 2019

    Tampa Bay Rays Settle Contract Suit With Concessionaire

    A Florida federal court on Wednesday dismissed the Tampa Bay Rays' breach of contract lawsuit against longtime stadium concessionaire Centerplate Inc. after the parties indicated they had settled their dispute.

  2. October 15, 2018

    Concessionaire Slams Rays' 'Abusive' Discovery Requests

    The former concessions operator of Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays has slammed in Florida federal court the team's efforts to force it to hand over 20 years' worth of personnel files for thousands of employees, calling the "abusive" discovery requests irrelevant to the Rays' breach of contract suit.

  3. September 28, 2018

    Rays Want Concessionaire To Hand Over Personnel Files

    Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays asked a Florida federal judge Friday to make its former concessions operator hand over its employment records, saying they are relevant and employee privacy claims aren't a barrier to production.

  4. May 17, 2018

    Rays' Ex-Concession Co. Gets Go-Ahead On Contract Claims

    Concessionaire Centerplate can move forward with counterclaims that it is owed payments on an expired food services agreement that is the focus of a breach of contract lawsuit brought by Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays, a federal judge ruled Thursday, saying more discovery is needed.

  5. May 11, 2018

    Tampa Bay Rays Still Owe On Contract, Concessionaire Says

    Former ​Tampa Bay Rays stadium food service partner Centerplate Inc. urged a Florida federal court not to toss its counterclaims that ​three months' worth of payments are left on part of the two-decade contract at the heart of a lawsuit the Major League Baseball team has brought against it, saying the Rays are misinterpreting the word "terminate."

  6. April 27, 2018

    Tampa Bay Rays Seek To Nix Concessionaire's Counterclaims

    The Tampa Bay Rays asked a Florida federal judge on Thursday to end counterclaims in a contract fight with its stadium concessionaire of two decades, saying the concessionaire is conflating the word "expire" and the word "terminate."

  7. March 12, 2018

    Rays' Suit Against Stadium Concessionaire Stays In Play

    A lawsuit by the Tampa Bay Rays against longtime concessionaire Centerplate is possibly "too detailed," a Florida federal judge said Monday, but he found the pleadings sufficient and denied the company's motions to dismiss the breach of contract case and strike certain allegations.

  8. February 16, 2018

    Tampa Bay Rays Call Foul On Concessionaire's Dismissal Bid

    Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays urged a Florida federal court Friday to deny concessionaire Centerplate's bid to escape the ball club's breach of contract suit over an expiring 20-year pact, saying it has provided no basis and relies on "unfounded accusations."

  9. February 02, 2018

    Tampa Bay Rays Concession Co. Moves To Nix Contract Suit

    A Tropicana Field food, beverage and merchandising company sued by the Tampa Bay Rays over an expiring 20-year exclusive concession agreement asked a Florida federal court Friday to toss the team's breach of contract suit, saying the case is legally defective because the concessionaire did no wrong.

  10. December 08, 2017

    Tampa Bay Rays Hit Concession Co. With Contract Fight

    Everything was not crackerjack behind the concession stand counters at Tropicana Field, home of baseball's Tampa Bay Rays, according to a breach of contract lawsuit the ballclub filed Friday against Centerplate Inc., whose expiring 20-year exclusive concession agreement spanned the team's full history.

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