Mealey's (August 12, 2020, 10:34 AM EDT) -- CHARLESTON, S.C. — A former restaurant server who sued the owner, general manager and their companies in a federal court in South Carolina for allegedly firing him after he left work believing he might have symptoms of COVID-19 and for wage violations believed that COVID-19 was a hoax and has brought "frivolous" claims that are intended to harass, increase the cost of litigation and "extort money," the defendants allege in their Aug. 11 answer and counterclaims (Justin Mackie, et al. v. Coconut Joe's IOP LLC, et al., No. 20-2562, D. S.C.)....