Lawsuits Present and Future

Today's lawsuit:

NANUET, N.Y. - A 290-pound New York man is steaming mad at the White Castle fast-food chain, which he claims repeatedly broke promises to make the booths in his local eatery bigger, the New York Post reported Sunday.

Martin Kessman, 64, filed a lawsuit against the fast-food giant last week in Manhattan federal court, claiming that the uncomfortable booths violate the civil rights of fat people.

Next year, the seats will be expanded. The year after that, fast food restaurants will be forced to offer only smaller seats in order to discourage the morbidly obese from eating fattening food.

In today's society, everything not forbidden is compulsory and some things can be both.