Legal Opinion
Szymczyk v. Signs Now Corp.
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided January 18, 2005No. COA04-41PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUNTER, Judge.
Signs Now Corporation (“defendant”) appeals from a preliminary injunction enjoining arbitration and a civil action from proceeding in a Florida court. As we find such injunctions were improperly entered, we reverse the trial court for the following reasons.
In November 1993, Gregory and Diane Szymczyk (“plaintiffs”) entered into a twenty-year franchise agreement with defendant to operate a Signs Now store in Wilson, North Carolina.
The contract specified several terms with regards to subsequent legal action. First, the contract provided that claims related to the franchise…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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