Yo-Can, Inc. v. Yogurt Exchange, Inc.

Vukovich, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} Plaintiffs-appellants have appealed from the judgment of the Mahoning County Common Pleas Court that denied their motion for partial summary judgment and granted summary judgment in favor of defendants-appellees Robert Zabel, R. Lee Zabel, Sam Lanasa, and Edward Pancallo. In deciding this appeal, we must address three main issues: First, whether the Consumer Sales Practices Act (“CSPA”) is applicable to the sale of a business franchise, and, if so, whether the officers of a corporation can be held liable for an alleged violation of the CSPA; second, whether the…