COC Services, Ltd. v. CompUSA, Inc.

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice O’NEILL.

This case involves a franchise deal, which never came to fruition, to establish CompUSA stores in Mexico. CompUSA and COC Services, Ltd. entered into negotiations for a master franchise agreement (MFA) with COC as master franchisee. The MFA contemplated a Mexican entity as subfranchisee. Negotiations eventually included the Carso parties (defendants below), who decided not to become the sub-franchisee. They bought CompUSA instead.

COC sued and obtained a jury verdict against CompUSA, its CEO James Halpin, and the Carso defendants. We resolve the issues and…