White Castle Fan Sues Chain Over Uncomfortably Small Booths

290-pound White Castle fan Martin Kessman filed a lawsuit against White Castle after they "repeatedly broke promises to make the booths in his local eatery bigger," reports New York Post. He made his first complaint to White Castle about the uncomfortable booths at the location in Nanuet, New York, over two and a half years ago—booths that he says violates the civil rights of people who are fat, pregnant, or handicapped—but nothing has changed since then. White Castle spokeswoman Jamie Richardson told the Post, "Kessman could have approached a store manager and asked for a regular chair."

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8 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, September 12, 2011 at 4:00 PM
Tagged: lawsuits, New York, White Castle

In-N-Out Is Suing Copycat Grab-N-Go in Aberdeen, MD

Does Grab-N-Go's logo remind you of anything? ...Yeaaah. Nice try, Grab-N-Go, but In-N-Out isn't okay with the similar name, color scheme, and logo design. The AP reports that In-N-Out filed an infringement lawsuit against Grab-N-Go this week due to the similarities, claiming that "customers could be led to believe that the Aberdeen, Md., burger joint Grab-N-Go is related to In-N-Out." But Grab-N-Go isn't just similar to In-N-Out; looking at Grab-N-Go's photos on Facebook there's a definite Five Guys resemblance as well.

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17 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, August 22, 2011 at 5:30 PM
Tagged: Grab-N-Go, In-N-Out, lawsuits

Video: In-N-Out Threatening to Sue Copycat Restaurant Burger Express in Boise

Does the logo for Burger Express in Boise, Idaho, look a bit familiar? Red, bold, sans-serif type surrounded by a pointy, yellow shape? The video from KTVB shows a few more similarities in menu and restaurant design, and In-N-Out isn't happy about it, saying they'll file a lawsuit if Burger Express's manager Larry Squillace doesn't make changes to his restaurant's look—estimated to cost over $35,000—by August 5. Squillace acknowledges the similarities, but isn't budging; "I don't feel I did anything wrong," he told KTVB. He had stronger words in his interview with Idaho Statesman: "This goliath company just wants to pop our bubble and take all our dreams and smash 'em."

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12 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, July 26, 2011 at 3:00 PM
Tagged: Boise, Burger Express, Idaho, In-N-Out, lawsuits

Burger King Franchisees Sue Over $1 Burgers

Burger King's $1 Double Cheeseburger may be a great deal for consumers, but franchisees say they're losing as much as 10 cents per burger and are suing the parent company for making them set the low price. In their response,...

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3 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, November 13, 2009 at 4:00 PM
Tagged: Burger King, lawsuits