Judge: Shooting Victim Is Unable To Impose Duty Under Franchise Agreement

Mealey's (April 6, 2020, 11:31 AM EDT) -- MINNEAPOLIS — A shooting victim cannot rely on a bar’s franchise agreement to impose a duty upon the bar’s parent company and a management services company for their alleged role in events surrounding a shooting outside the bar, a Minnesota federal judge ruled April 2 (D’Andre I. Alexander v. 1328 Uptown, Inc., et al., No. 18-1544, D. Minn., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 58152)....