You’ve got to be bored to study the receipt from a pizza. You’ve got to be even more bored to file a lawsuit over it.
A guy named Zachary Tucker in Edwardsville, Illinois ordered a pizza from Papa John’s recently, and noticed they charged him 16 cents for a delivery tax.
He researched Illinois law and found that a business can only tax a delivery fee if it’s included in the selling price. He says the Papa John’s fee is a surcharge that’s listed separately from the price on the receipt, so it shouldn’t be taxed.
So he filed a class action over it. For negligence, breach of contract, and fraud. Under Illinois law, businesses can only include delivery and shipping fees in the sales tax calculation if the “charges are included in the selling price.”
He’s looking for them to cover damages, attorney fees, and pay restitution to him and all the other poor victims who were charged 16 cents for their deliveries.
The lawsuit is requesting a jury trial, to decide how much in damages Papa John’s delivery fee victims are entitled to.