leah caldwell chipotle photo
DENVER -- A California woman is suing Chipotle for added than $2.2 billion for application a photo of her that she alleges the aggregation never had permission to use.
["5307.84"]The lawsuit, filed by Leah Caldwell of Sacramento, names Denver-based Chipotle, CEO Steve Ells and columnist Steve Adams as defendants.
Caldwell claims Adams took a photo of her sitting in a Chipotle restaurant in Denver ancient in the backward summer or aboriginal abatement of 2006 after her knowledge. The complaint states Adams asked Caldwell to assurance a absolution anatomy as she exited the restaurant, but Caldwell refused.
Caldwell claims she after spotted the photo in promotional abstracts at a Chipotle restaurant in Dec. 2014 in Orlando and afresh in March 2015 in two altered Sacramento-area locations.
["614.98"]According to the complaint, the photo had been edited to appearance alcoholic beverages on the table in advanced of Caldwell.
Caldwell’s clothing claims Chipotle bought the photo from Adams, but didn’t booty any measures to affirm that Adams had accustomed able accord to use the photo.
Caldwell is gluttonous $2,237,633,000, which the complaint says is the company’s profits fabricated from the use of the photo amid 2006 and 2015. The clothing calls for 2016’s profits to be added to that bulk already that advice is fabricated available.
["620.8"]A Chipotle agent told Denver7 the aggregation doesn't animadversion on awaiting acknowledged activity as a amount of policy.
The case was originally filed in U.S. District Court in California but has been transferred to the U.S. District Court in Colorado.
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