Cluck-U Chicken, Inc. v. Cluck-U Corp.

MARK A. PIZZO, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

This is a breach of franchise agreement case involving a Maryland-based chicken wing franchise (Defendant franchisor Cluck-U Corp. and its sole shareholder, Defendant Pierre Haddad), a franchisee's attempt at a Florida location (Plaintiff Cluck-U Chicken, Inc. and its owner, Anthony Tartaglia), and the undoing of their business relationship. The parties have litigated in Maryland, where Defendants sued Plaintiffs, and in this Court, where Plaintiffs sued Defendants. The Maryland district court transferred its case here; then this Court consolidated…