[Amore]

I didn't say I'd laugh. But not every slight or humiliation = a lawsuit.

[Professional]

If it were me, they wouldn't have to worry about a lawsuit. I'b quit, THEN break my bosses nose. While he was bleeding and blubbering, I'd ask him if he thought THAT was funny. The owner is lucky the waitress DIDN'T get her boyfriend, or some customer that had the hots for her to beat the bloody hell out of him.

[HiTech RedNeck]

This is more than a "slight," Aless. The employer made a purposefully misleading promise to his employee. The whole point was to get her to think "Toyota." If all the time she had understood "Toy Yoda" there would have been no "joke." Now he gets to pay the piper for his little tune.

[connectthedots]

I think something you should consider is just how hard would you work for a cheap toy. No reasonable person would conclude that any contest of this nature would result in a payoff of a simple toy. Would you?

[ConservativeLawyer]

I didn't say I'd laugh. But not every slight or humiliation = a lawsuit.

I don't know that her humiliation is the basis of her claim (although it certainly goes to her damages theory).

This is pure fraud in the inducement. From the facts in the article, it appears Hooters made a material misrepresentation upon which Ms. Berry relied to her obvious detriment.

The key jury question will likely be whether her reliance was reasonable under the circumstances.

While I agree with you that the newsmedia usually screws up the facts, particularly in legal matters, if the facts are as they are reported in this instance, I wouldn't hesitate to file such a suit.