WENDY HONG WU v. DUNKIN' DONUTS, INC.

No. 98-CV-3020 ARR.

105 F.Supp.2d 83 (2000)

WENDY HONG WU a/k/a Hong Wu and Arthur Lin, Plaintiffs, v. DUNKIN' DONUTS, INC., Turnway Donuts, Inc., Rick Yuan, Jessie Pan, and York Kissena Realty, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

June 14, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Madeline Lee Bryer, P.C., New York, NY, for Plaintiffs.

Christopher Kendric, Ahmuty, Demers & McManus, Albertson, NY, for Dunkin' Donuts.

Alice Spitz, Molod, Spitz, Desantis & Stark, P.C., New York, NY, for York Kissena.

Robert H. Goldberg, Goldberg & Carlton, P.C., New York, NY, for Turnway Donuts, Rick Yuan, and Jessie Phan.


OPINION AND ORDER

ROSS, District Judge.

This case addresses whether a franchisor may be held liable under New York law for an attack by third parties on an employee of its franchisee. In the early morning hours of May 25, 1999, Wendy Hong Wu was working alone at a twenty-four hour donut store owned by defendant Turnway Donuts, Inc. ("Turnway"), under a franchise agreement with defendant Dunkin' Donuts, Inc. ("Dunkin' Donuts" or "DD"). Two teenagers...

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