Fogal v. Coastal Restaurant Management, Inc.

ORDER

EDENFIELD, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case sounds like a really bad joke. In fact, it stems from one. As described in both industry and mainstream media, a prankster’s been posing as a police officer and calling restaurants, convincing managers to strip search employees for suspected crimes. 1 Both managers and employees have fallen for the prank, with some searches “going the distance” and thus giving rise to allegations of harassing sexual contact. Id

That’s essentially what plaintiff Deborah J. Fogal claims happened in this ease, where a prankster called — collect—defendant…