Papo v. Aglo Restaurants of San Jose, Inc

In the mid-1970’s, defendant Olga’s Kitchen, Inc., 1 was in the beginning stages of becoming a nationwide chain of restaurants specializing in sexwing Greek food. In December, 1976, plaintiff, Dr. Michael Papo, met defendant Robert Solomon, president of Olga, at the opening of an Olga restaurant in Ann Arbor. At that time, plaintiff expressed interest in investing in the Olga restaurants.

In November, 1977, plaintiff made an offer to Solomon to invest in Olga’s restaurants in Chicago. Subsequent negotiations ensued and plaintiff eventually invested in three of Olga’s subsidiaries, including a…