Jacob v. C & M VIDEO, INC.

PRESIDING JUSTICE CHAPMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

On August 25, 1992, the plaintiffs, franchisees of C & M Video, Inc. (C & M), filed suit alleging that C & M and Terry Monroe committed common law fraud, violated the disclosure provisions of the Franchise Disclosure Act of 1987 (815 ILCS 705/1 et seq. (West 1992)), and breached their franchise agreements. Defendants filed a motion to dismiss on the basis that the arbitration provision in the franchise agreements requires the parties to submit to arbitration. C & M also filed a petition for temporary restraining order to enjoin the…