Franchisor Taco Bell Dismissed From Teen Employee’s Harassment Suit

Mealey's (September 18, 2019, 3:53 PM EDT) -- WICHITA, Kan. — A fast food franchisor can’t be liable for failing to protect a Kansas franchisee’s worker from sexual assault or harassment as there has been no holding under Kansas law that the sale of franchise rights creates such a duty, a federal judge in Kansas ruled Sept. 3 (N.T. v. Taco Bell Corp., et al., No. 19-1028, D. Kan., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 149354)....