Craig Barr v. Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc.
Have you tried the new Popeyes chicken sandwich? According to sources, this Louisiana-style masterpiece has been drawing large crowds at Popeyes locations across the country. Some are calling it the first major rival of the Chick-fil-a sandwich, a bold claim for sure. Either way, it’s causing a lot of excitement. In fact, one Chattanooga man was so devastated when his local Popeyes ran out of the sandwich, he filed a $5,000 lawsuit against the fast-food chain, claiming false advertisement and deceptive business practices. According to the complaint filed in Hamilton County General Sessions Court, the man endured “countless time wasted driving
Tennessee SLAPPs Down Efforts of Businesses to Curb Free Speech Rights of Consumers
The expression “everyone’s a critic” is becoming less of an exaggeration, especially in this current age of online reviews, blogs, and Tweets. With myriad number of ways for consumers to leave their two cents in the form of online reviews, businesses are finding themselves on defense when it comes to their online reputations. Some businesses, however, have gone on offense against negative online reviewers using what are known as Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation or SLAPP for short. The underlying goal of a business in SLAPPing the person who left a negative review about that business is to either change