5th Circuit Upholds Bankruptcy Court Judgment Against Franchisee Over Sale

(August 27, 2018, 8:41 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A bankruptcy court did not err when it entered a $412,500 nondischargeable judgment against a restaurant franchisee accused of selling one of his locations without proper authorization and of providing inaccurate sales information to the buyer, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Aug. 7 (Humberto Saenz, Jr., et al. v. Jose Maria Gomez, No. 17-41004, 5th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 21964)....