Dr. Pepper Bottling Co. v. Frantz

Steele Hays, Justice.

Three points are raised by this appeal: whether a distributorship agreement between appellant Dr. Pepper Co. of Paragould, Inc. (Dr. Pepper) and appellee Don Frantz (Frantz) is subject to the Arkansas Franchise Practices Act; whether Dr. Pepper’s termination of the distributorship was without good cause and in violation of statutory provisions; and whether the evidence supports damages of $100,000 awarded to Frantz. Answering those questions in the affirmative, we affirm.

On November 17,1986, Frantz and Dr. Pepper entered into a contract entitled “Distributorship…