Remember the case of the Hooters waitress who busted her buns to win a Toyota? She was led, blindfolded, out to the parking lot to see her prize: A "toy Yoda".
April fools!
The manager's joke didn't go over too well. The waitress sued.
I decided to try Google once again to see if the case was ever resolved.
I see by the papers, the company settled.
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."
The case was settled in 2002, after about a year of legal infighting, it would appear.
I don't know if I blogged about the case at the time, but I remember thinking the honorable thing for Hooters to do is to settle, let the waitress have her pick of any car on the lot (pick a good-sized dealership!), and call the papers to report on her having won the contest. The cost of the car could have come out of the corporate advertising budget, and would have been money well spent.
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