Mealey's (April 2, 2019, 9:33 AM EDT) -- PITTSBURGH — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on March 29 awarded summary judgment to franchisors of a Midas automobile repair location in a woman’s lawsuit accusing them of violating the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (PHRA), holding that they could not be liable as a joint employer because the franchise agreement does not demonstrate that the defendants had control over the location’s day-to-day operations (Hannah Harris v. Midas, et al., No. 17-95, W.D. Pa., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 53863)....