“Cheaper to settle than go to trial, especially when defendant doesn’t have much money.”
The Defendant/Operator is reportedly a ~1/2 $Billion corp, per various business journals. Don’t think it was money.
But you do remember the news articles/press releases when the case was first filed?
Almost seemed the Franchisor was working in tandem with LE.
Again, what happened BEFORE the incident?
Vaguely. So, Chalak Mitra Group, LLC and Peaktastic Beverage, LLC are worth half a billion? Wow. I'd never have guessed that.
I have a copy of the Rodriguez (dead biker's estate) complaint, and something makes me think I read the others (Twin Peaks franchisor v. above-named; and Don Carlos v. above-named).
-- Almost seemed the Franchisor was working in tandem with LE. --
Mixed message there. LE says it contacted both the franchisor and operator before, and got no satisfaction. But yeah, after the incident, the franchisor threw the operator under the bus. Hard to tell what's behind the scenes on that count.