Curves International to Appeal Partial Verdict in Texas
Posted: April 22, 2017 in Chains
Curves
WOODWAY, TX – Curves International announced the company’s plan to challenge the portion of a recent jury verdict that found for some of the plaintiffs in a Texas lawsuit disagreeing with how the fitness company supported a group of its franchisees in the past. Even though the plaintiffs won less than 10% of what they originally sought, Curves disagrees with the preliminary court rulings that allowed even the reduced claim to go to the jury, in addition to the part of the verdict for any plaintiff awarded any fraction of its claim.
The basis for Curves’ challenge will be the legally-flawed rulings before and during the trial that forced the jury to address arguments that did not have proper evidentiary support and flew in the face of the franchise agreements between the parties. Curves strongly disagrees with any argument that it failed to support any of the former franchisees involved in the case, who represent less than one percent of the franchisees of Curves. The relationships between Curves and all of its franchisees are extremely important to the Company, and are a point of pride for the brand. Curves honored its franchise agreements in all respects to this small group, just as it has the rest of its system.
“We have thousands of very successful franchisees around the globe and these positive experiences don’t match the unfounded claims of these plaintiffs,” said Monty Sharma, CEO and President of Curves. “We strongly disagree with the decision reached and plan to take this case as far as we can in the court system. We will file post-trial motions with the trial court promptly and, if necessary, an appeal requesting that the verdict in the case be set aside. We are confident that the law will be followed and the verdict will not be allowed to stand.”
