The Toy Yoda Lawsuit

emplynx · 05-17-2002, 04:31 PM

Ex-Waitress Settles Toy Yoda Suit
Thu May 9, 7:42 AM ET

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) - A former waitress has settled her lawsuit against Hooters, the restaurant that gave her a toy Yoda doll instead of the Toyota she thought she'd won.

Jodee Berry, 27, won a beer sales contest last May at the Panama City Beach Hooters. She believed she had won a new Toyota and happily was escorted to the restaurant's parking lot in a blindfold.

But when the blindfold was removed, she found she had won a new toy Yoda — the little green character from the "Star Wars" movies.

David Noll, her attorney, said Wednesday that he could not disclose the settlement's details, although he said Berry can now go to a local car dealership and "pick out whatever type of Toyota she wants."

After the stunt, Berry quit the restaurant and filed a lawsuit against Gulf Coast Wings, Inc., the restaurant's corporate owner, alleging breach of contract and fraudulent misrepresentation.

The restaurant's manager, Jared Blair, has said the whole contest was an April Fools' joke.

***gdl96*** · 05-17-2002, 11:01 PM

***Khamûl*** · 05-17-2002, 11:42 PM

I've heard that one on my local radio station. They have a program called "How Stupid Are You?" and I heard the story on there one morning. I thought that I was going to die laughing. Pretty mean joke, though.

Eruviel Greenleaf · 05-20-2002, 03:58 AM

That's pretty ridiculous. Heh.

05-17-2002, 04:31 PM	#1
emplynx Self-Appointed Lord of the Free Peoples of the General Messages Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,214	The Toy Yoda Lawsuit Ex-Waitress Settles Toy Yoda Suit Thu May 9, 7:42 AM ET PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) - A former waitress has settled her lawsuit against Hooters, the restaurant that gave her a toy Yoda doll instead of the Toyota she thought she'd won. Jodee Berry, 27, won a beer sales contest last May at the Panama City Beach Hooters. She believed she had won a new Toyota and happily was escorted to the restaurant's parking lot in a blindfold. But when the blindfold was removed, she found she had won a new toy Yoda — the little green character from the "Star Wars" movies. David Noll, her attorney, said Wednesday that he could not disclose the settlement's details, although he said Berry can now go to a local car dealership and "pick out whatever type of Toyota she wants." After the stunt, Berry quit the restaurant and filed a lawsuit against Gulf Coast Wings, Inc., the restaurant's corporate owner, alleging breach of contract and fraudulent misrepresentation. The restaurant's manager, Jared Blair, has said the whole contest was an April Fools' joke.

05-17-2002, 11:01 PM	#2
*gdl96* the greg the admin Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: NJ Posts: 2,101	hehe

05-17-2002, 11:42 PM	#3
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	I've heard that one on my local radio station. They have a program called "How Stupid Are You?" and I heard the story on there one morning. I thought that I was going to die laughing. Pretty mean joke, though. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

05-20-2002, 03:58 AM	#4
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	That's pretty ridiculous. Heh. __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

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