Mealey's (February 21, 2020, 11:52 AM EST) -- RALEIGH, N.C. — A trial court erred in denying a motion to dismiss or transfer a franchisee’s declaratory judgment against the franchisor of smoothies stores over an alleged breach of a multiunit agreement and assignment agreement, the North Carolina Court of Appeals held Feb. 4, because the agreements contain mandatory forum-selection clauses (S&S Family Business Corp., et al. v. Clean Juice Franchising, LLC, No. COA19-264, N.C. App., 2020 N.C. App. LEXIS 128)....