Who’s to blame for this workplace injury — faulty popcorn, or an employee with no common sense?

You don’t need to be a lawyer — or an insurance broker — to see this suit was a dud from the very beginning. Before insurance agent Steve Kaplan sat down to see the movie “Superbad” at New York’s Lincoln Square Cinema, he picked up some overpriced popcorn from the concession stand.

Midway through the movie, Kaplan said he bit down on a kernel of unpopped corn, causing $1,250 in dental damages.

Kaplan took the theater chain to Manhattan Civil Court, where Judge Matthew Cooper threw the case out. The injury was Kaplan’s own fault, said Cooper, and he couldn’t reasonably expect every kernel of corn to be popped.

Here’s a good rule of thumb to use in your workplace: If a bag of popcorn is a serious danger to any of your co-workers, you should probably avoid contact with them as much as possible.

Tags: New York, Popcorn, Rule of thumb, Superbad, Workplace injury