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Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. v. Tampa Checkmate Food Services, Inc.
26 Fla. L. Weekly D2679 (Fla. 2d DCA Nov. 14, 2001)
An officer of a defendant corporation cannot be held personally liable for fraudulent inducement and violations of the Florida Franchise Act where the officer did not personally participate in negotiations regarding the franchise, or any kind of fraud. The court found that a sole shareholder of a corporation which enters into a franchise agreement has no standing individually to assert a claim for a violation of the Florida Franchise Act. Moreover, the court found that prejudgment interest, calculated from the date of the verdict, may be awarded for a violation of the Florida Franchise Act.
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