In a case that will surely go down as one of the lowest points in our legal history, a California woman sued the makers of Cap’n Crunch cereal. No, she didn’t find something horrible in her cereal box. Nor was she gypped out of a prize inside. Instead, this woman was outraged that “crunchberries” aren’t real fruit.
The plaintiff argued that consumers are being misled into thinking that crunchberries contain real fruit because “berry” appears in the word.
It’s hard to see how anyone could dream up a case of fraud here. Regardless of the fact that the ingredients are plainly listed, the picture on the front of the box shows you exactly what the cereal looks like. There’s no big mystery. Luckily, the judge agreed and dismissed the case.
What next? Will someone sue because the Cap’n isn’t a real Captain?
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It gets even better. The lawyer who filed the suit is complaining that his client is being ridiculed!
http://overlawyered.com/2009/06/disappointed-consumer-finds-capn-crunch-crunchberries-not-real-berries/