Franchise dispute and resolution memo

Your firm represents John McGee, a franchisee of McDonald’s. Suzie, a customer of John’s, claims to have gotten food poisoning after eating Chicken McNuggets and is threatening to sue John. Your managing partner has requested that you perform legal research and determine what rights and liabilities John has in this situation and what needs to be done under the laws of your state and the franchise agreement to have the franchisor held fully, jointly, or partially liable for Suzie’s injuries.

Your memo should be 3-4 pages in length. Incorporate at primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) to support your work. Format citations and references per Harvard Blue Book rules

State is MN if needed. Please have reference page

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Franchising is a common trend in business today. Various definitions of a franchise are given as follows. It refers to a business, in which the owner sells rights to their property like logos, names and models to another company. The company selling their rights is the franchisor while the firm buying them is the franchisee. The legal point of view identifies the franchise as a type of license (Bogdaneris, 2016).

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