A North Texas man has filed a class action lawsuit against Cinemark, claiming the movie theater chain is lying to customers about the size of its drinks.

A North Texas man has filed a class action lawsuit against Cinemark, claiming the movie theater chain is lying to customers about the size of its drinks.

Shane Waldrop claims that Cinemark’s 24 ounce cups can only hold 22 ounces of liquid, according to the lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

On Feb. 14, Waldrop went to the Cinemark in Grapevine and purchased the 20 ounce and 24 ounce draft beer.

He noticed the 24 ounce cup did not appear to be big enough to hold 4 more ounces of liquid.

Waldrop took the empty container home and measured how much it could hold, discovering it only held 22 ounces.

Waldrop and his legal team says the movie theater chain is taking part in “deceptive” and “otherwise improper” business practices that violate state and federal laws about misbranding.

“This is especially misleading because the 24 oz drink should provide a deal for consumers over the 20 oz drink’s price: $0.37 per ounce vs. $0.39 per ounce. But due to the actual volume of 22 oz available in the ‘24 oz’ drink, the price is $0.40 per ounce making the larger drink more expensive per ounce, which is not a deal at all,” reads the lawsuit.

  • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    64·
    7 months ago

    Yup lawyers who take these kinds of cases that are easy wins, do it on contingency. If they don’t think you have a good case they tell you, and then charge you hourly.

    • trolololol@lemmy.worldEnglish
      69·
      7 months ago

      I’m missing understanding some things here, but how much is the case about to handout in money? And shouldn’t the guy here split it between himself and lawyers?

      • yeather@lemmy.caEnglish
        192·
        7 months ago

        Depends on what the guy and the cinema agree upon to make this go away. Usually the lawyers will take 30-40% of a settlement.

          • yeather@lemmy.caEnglish
            181·
            7 months ago

            Everything the cinema did can be considered fraud and false advertising. Potentially millions if they play it right.

            • intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
              18·
              7 months ago

              Or it might come down to that one particular theater was using different cups that one day because they were out of the regular cups

              • AtariDump@lemmy.worldEnglish
                5·
                7 months ago

                Then it’s false advertising having a 24oz cup size on the sign and serving 22oz of beer.

                You wouldn’t like it if you pumped 10 gallons of gas, were charged for 10 gallons of gas, but only received 9.75 gallons.