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Au Bon Pain lawsuit[edit]
Was Au Bon Pain ever actually involved in a lawsuit for an impractically large sum of money, or was that just a story conjured, distorted or exaggerated by unreliable sources to grab people's attention? – MrPersonHumanGuy (talk) 14:23, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
- A simple websearch on "Au Bon Pain lawsuit" gives a plethora of hits, many from reliable sources, including Time magazine, here. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 151.227.134.31 (talk) 16:01, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
- The lawsuit was actually filed, in the form of a handwritten complaint by a pauper plaintiff without a lawyer. The court dismissed the case on its own motion as lacking any arguable basis in law or in fact. Purisma v. New York City Transit Authority, No. 14-cv-2755 (S.D.N.Y. June 9, 2014). John M Baker (talk) 03:40, 20 April 2024 (UTC)