Wave Maker

Picture this.

You and some buddies go to a California Angels game on Mothers Day. As a Mothers Day promotion, the team is giving out little "tote bag" gifts to all female fans over 18 years of age. Not being within that demographic, you and your pals are not offered one. What do you do?

If you are psychologist Michael Cohn, you seek out infamous plaintiff attorney Alfred Rava, and you initiate a class action law suit against the baseball team and the stadium owner (an institution of higher education).

And according to California's ridiculous Unruh Act, you are entitled to $4,000 minimum, plus attorneys fees, regardless of the fact that you suffered not one bit. It's all about everybody being equal.

So if your mother in Anaheim calls you next Mothers Day and says she didn't get her new Angels cap at the Mothers Day game, tell her to call Al Rava and thank him.

Hat tip: Walter Olson at Overlawyered.