Ex-Waitress
Settles Toy Yoda Suit
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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.
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