Dallas Jury Returns $30.7 Million Verdict Against Restaurant Franchise Owner
A Dallas County jury has awarded $30.7 million in damages to a local man who claimed he had been defrauded after he did not receive a share of operating profits from the owner of roughly 150 Popeyes franchise restaurants in Texas, Oklahoma, and Florida.
- A Dallas County jury has awarded $30.7 million in damages to a local man who claimed he had been defrauded after he did not receive a share of operating profits from the owner of roughly 150 Popeyes franchise restaurants in Texas, Oklahoma, and Florida.
- The jury initially returned a verdict of $15,618,873.47 in compensatory damages against Dallas-based Sun Holdings Inc., owner Guillermo Perales, and various subsidiaries.
- After a bifurcated trial, the jury returned another verdict of $15,100,000.00 in punitive damages.
- “The jury correctly concluded that Mr. Stockton had been defrauded by Mr. Perales and the other defendants.