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Last summer, Cecchi’s Bar and Grill debuted in the former West Village location of Café Loup, a much beloved neighborhood spot.

The restaurant was designed by Becky Carter, who repurposed and refurbished some pieces from Café Loup including the chairs, the tables, the substantial marble host stand and the chrome cash register.

The Nations Law Firm, based in Houston, represented thousands of workers like Paul Loup IV, who helped clean an oil-contaminated beach in Pascagoula, Mississippi for several months.

Loup, 68, says he now has chronic respiratory issues, making it hard to stand or speak at length.

Loup, the former beach cleanup worker, said he didn’t know until informed by a reporter last year that his case had been dismissed years earlier.