Lawsuit: White Castle violating civil rights of the fat
The civil rights of the rotund are being violated daily at a White Castle restaurant in upstate New York, says a stockbroker who’s well-fed up with not being able to squeeze his 290-pound frame into the svelte-sized tables.
I'll gladly sue you Tuesday for a free hamburger today. (from New York Post)
Martin Kessman, 64, is suing the fast-food chain for chairs that can be moved a belly-distance from the tables and unspecified damages.
“I just want to sit down like a normal person,” Kessman said in a New York Post article.
Kessman says he’s complained about the lack of proper seating for creatures of his girth for more than two years, but all he’s gotten for his trouble is coupons for free hamburgers.
“Cheese was extra,” complained Kessman in the lawsuit filed in federal court.
Kessman, a fan of the No. 2 combo, says he’s suffered physical and emotional pain from his ordeal. His knee was injured from repeatedly slamming it into the unyielding steel table supports at the eatery. And the lack of proper seating has made him feel “like an outcast.”
Instead of filing a lawsuit, Kessman could have approached a store manager and asked for a regular chair, said White Castle spokeswoman Jamie Richardson, according to the New York Post.
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Old Geezer
September 12th, 2011
6:07 pm
The extreme lard butts should learn to sit in their SUV’s and eat their food in the parking lot like all the other fatty-fat-fatties do instead of trying to shove their corpulence into a chair. What makes this 2-tons-of-fun better than any other chunkster?
Lou
September 12th, 2011
6:16 pm
He has the right to eat anywhere else he wants. I feel as though he’s just suing to get money from this company
Blondie
September 12th, 2011
6:29 pm
Martin Kessman, you sir, are a total waste of space. There, I said it. You’re suing them because you are too lazy to go exercise off your #2 combo and whatever else your obviously crappy diet involves. The fact that you are no longer able to sit comfortably in their booths, should mean that YOU, that’s right YOU, have let it go TOO FAR and are now TOO FAT. White Castle didn’t hold a gun to your head and make you eat their food, they didn’t make you not exercise and eat right otherwise, and they certainly didn’t make you sit there and be uncomfortable -you could have stuffed your fat face in the parking lot. You did ALL that to yourself. If I were a judge, I’d say you lose the case & are sentenced to 10 hours per week of physical community service -to get your health under control and for wasting the court’s time.
And disclaimer: I say this as someone who has been working my buns off for the past 2 years and choosing to no longer be overweight. **20 more pounds to go**
RandallG
September 12th, 2011
6:30 pm
Excellent. This guy will get his day in court. I predict he will win his “unspecified” damages. The lawyers (paragons of virtue, not at all motivated by money) will reap huge awards. This man should be on a treadmill, not eating in a fast food restaurant. We are a nation that is getting fatter and fatter, and the next generation is even worse. We can sue anyone for anything in this country. Do you know why there are no jobs in America anymore? Its because of the lawyers, nobody in their right mind would start a business and risk a “slip and fall” injury and the potential for a big payoff. What we need to do is start a federal program to force every high school senior to go to law school for the next ten years. I would like to see at least 10 million more lawyers produced in the next ten years. Maybe, just maybe, they will over-populate and devour each other like rats do when they over populate. This country is on a downward spiral. John Adams said “one useless man is a shame, two useless men are a law firm, and three useless men are a congress.” That was in the 1770’s how right he was!!!
Sharon
September 12th, 2011
6:45 pm
There is no way this man should win this lawsuit. He can’t fit into the booths because he chose to pig out on White Castle’s #2 Combo. His choice. Like someone posted earlier,WC didn’t put a gun to his head and make him eat all those @2 Combos and all the other crap he’s been eating to approach nearly 300 pounds. As one article puts it: this is a frivolous lawsuit.
MeMe
September 12th, 2011
7:00 pm
Ain’t that a “b ….. urger”.
Cathulhu
September 12th, 2011
7:23 pm
An obese 64 year old eating belly bombers…. he’ll be dead before this suit gets anywhere. WC should just delay and give him free cheese. Oh, and he is a stock broker?! A low stress job that. They won’t have to delay long.
Lafuntia
September 12th, 2011
7:40 pm
“I just want to sit down like a normal person,” Kessman said in a New York Post article.”
We laugh, but White Castle will probably settle with the guy out of court just to make this go away. What a joke, it’s no wonder so many Americans are giving up on America.
GurlieGurl
September 12th, 2011
9:16 pm
Martin Kessman, you got to be kidding!!!! You should be embarrased having your huge frame plastered all over the media with your immature attempt to sue a resturant for not adjusting their seating to your growing waistline. YOU allowed your gut expansion with the free hamburger coupons White Castle was providing for you the past two years.
Public table and chairs should not be your personal parking space. We can agree that economic times are hard but your idea of finding extra income is not a sound example. So, what’s next, who’s next on your list to sue? New York for not providing larger sidewalks or maybe maybe White Castle, again for not including free cheese on your burger coupons.
Marty, I really hope you read these posts!
dano
September 12th, 2011
9:54 pm
I should sue him for having to look at his “public nuisance” fat ass!