Sonic Happy Hour Lawsuit: Man Spends $7,000 In Legal Fees To Prove He Should Have Gotten $2 Discount

Sonic Happy Hour Lawsuit: Man Spends 7,000 In Legal Fees To Prove He Should Have Gotten $2 Discount
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GOLDEN, Colo. (CBS4) - A Denver man spent more than $7,000 in legal fees over the last year fighting criminal charges that arose from a disagreement about happy hour discounts at a Sonic Drive in Golden.

"The principal is they were wrong, I wasn't," said Ray Garcia, an ex- marine who was charged with harassment and trespassing after the happy hour tussle at the Sonic in February of 2009.

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