Restaurant Critic

New York Attorney Aaron Lichtman doesn’t like the chicken restaurant in his building — their sign obscures the sign for his legal practice, and they won’t do anything about it, and constant odors from their cooking bother him. So he put up another, hand-lettered, sign in his window right above the restaurant: “BAD FOOD”. Kenny Rogers Roasters wasn’t amused, and sued Lichtman for $2 million, claiming the sign was a “malicious falsehood.” But the state Supreme Court has thrown the suit out, saying the lawyer has a First Amendment right to make his opinion known. Maybe, notes Justice Charles Ramos, the restaurant would have a better case if Lichtman were to stand outside the restaurant and “scream at customers that they would suffer from abdominal distention after eating Roasters’ food.” (AP) ...Huh: sounds like the judge has eaten there.