Appellate Court Reverses Lower Court and DAI’s Practice, Ruling Franchisees Have 90 Days to Seek to Vacate Franchise Termination Awards and that Lack of Notice or Opportunity to be Heard Justify Vacatur of Arbitration Award. In a significant victory…
U.S. District Court Rules That Dispute Over Enforcement of Arbitration Award is Not Subject to Mandatory Arbitration Clause Contained in Underlying Franchise Agreement
Doctor’s Associates’ Inc., the franchisor of Subway™ restaurants brought an action in the US District Court for the District of Connecticut to compel arbitration in response to a suit by one of its franchisees for breach of a Stipulated Arbitration…
Appellate Court of Connecticut Affirms Termination of Subway Franchise and Remands For Calculation of Damages
In a decision issued November 17, 2015 the Appellate Court of Connecticut affirmed the decision of the Superior Court, that confirmed an arbitration award that terminated the franchisee’s Subway(tm) franchise, and remanded the case back to the lower court for…