I have to disagree, the violence took place in that one location so the franchise owner and the employees on site are the only ones responsible........
If they have a ‘hands off’ policy, they are guilty.
Fine. Disagree. Franchise allows a lot of corporate control. Well, let them control this. Or pay. Bigtime.
If it is a corporate store, they ARE libel. Not all McDs are franchised - or at least weren’t a few years ago.