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Hooters to Fight Toy Yoda Lawsuit
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) - A spokesman for the owner of several local Hooters restaurants said the company will fight a former waitress' lawsuit alleging her employer promised her a Toyota but gave her a toy Yoda.
Jodee Berry, 26, won a contest in early May to see who could sell the most beer in April at the Panama City Beach Hooters. The top-selling waitress from each restaurant in the area was entered into a drawing, and Berry's name was picked.
She believed she'd won a new car. She was blindfolded and led to the restaurant parking lot, but when the blindfold was removed, she found she was the winner of a toy Yoda - the little green guy from the Star Wars movies.
``There was never any agreement on the part of Hooters or any employee to give away a new car,'' said Stuart Houston, a spokesman for Gulf Coast Wings, Inc., the corporate owner of the local Hooters restaurants. ``Hooters never intended to purposely mislead Miss Berry or any other employee.''
He said he could not respond to specific questions about the suit. Berry quit the restaurant a week after she was given the Yoda.
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) - A spokesman for the owner of several local Hooters restaurants said the company will fight a former waitress' lawsuit alleging her employer promised her a Toyota but gave her a toy Yoda.
Jodee Berry, 26, won a contest in early May to see who could sell the most beer in April at the Panama City Beach Hooters. The top-selling waitress from each restaurant in the area was entered into a drawing, and Berry's name was picked.
She believed she'd won a new car. She was blindfolded and led to the restaurant parking lot, but when the blindfold was removed, she found she was the winner of a toy Yoda - the little green guy from the Star Wars movies.
``There was never any agreement on the part of Hooters or any employee to give away a new car,'' said Stuart Houston, a spokesman for Gulf Coast Wings, Inc., the corporate owner of the local Hooters restaurants. ``Hooters never intended to purposely mislead Miss Berry or any other employee.''
He said he could not respond to specific questions about the suit. Berry quit the restaurant a week after she was given the Yoda.
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