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A lot sure can change in 7 months.
In that amount of time, Medina was purchased by Dale Nabors’ Fransynergy, Ochsenreiter was reportedly let go, the staff was cut, the company is beseiged with lawsuits, and Medina’s final contribution to the local economy was renting the trucks to move the Home Office to Muscle Shoals, AL.
Oh, and Donald Ochsenreiter sued Medina & FranSynergy for $132,306,000.
Today, jd reports:
Well, it looks like a new lawsuit has been filed in federal court, this time with Medina and Fransynergy named as defendants:
http://dockets.justia.com/docket/court-flndce/case_no-3:2008cv00457/case_id-51868/
Doing a quick search on the name, it appears that this is the former CFO and Exec VP of the company. Also looks like he is demanding quite a bit of money. No documents have been filed at this time.
Looks like troubles continue to mount for Medina & its owner Fransynergy:
OCHSENREITER v. MEDINA ENTERPRISES, INC. et al
Plaintiff: DONALD C. OCHSENREITER
Defendant: MEDINA ENTERPRISES, INC. and FRANSYNERGY, INC.
Case Number: 3:2008cv00457
Filed: October 9, 2008
Court: Florida Northern District Court
Office: Pensacola Office [ Court Info ]
County: Okaloosa
Nature of Suit: Contract – Other Contract
Cause: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract
Amount Demanded: $132,306,000.00
The details of the suit are not yet clear, but one thing is: you can never anticipate the next twist or turn in the ongoing saga of Cuppy’s Coffee.
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Don had an employment contract. Dale fired him before Don's time was up. Therefore Dale/Medina/Fransynergy owes Don a LOT of $. Zee's you need to go ahead & get together and file lawsuits or do it on your own. If you can't finish your project onn your own, you are screwed. Stop the bleeding; take action & put Dale & Morg in jail where they both belong. I'm sure that once zee's file, x-employees will gladly testify. If you keep putting up with Dale's delays & lack of communication you are all screwed
Don's a great guy. Next time I need help negotiating, I know who to call!
I would like to point out, that this is the first time that I've heard Don's name in any of the discussion and I've been keeping track of this from the beginning.
With that being the case, I think he probably got scammed just like the rest.
You're right, Dale's non communication is a stall tactic and he has plans to use our money and it's not to deliver what we paid for. We need to see through this. He is just trying to figure out another way to get us to send him our money. We can't let it happen. I mean even if someone were going to give him another chance, it's FRIDAY and I am pretty sure there weren't any calls made this week. i know i tried calling in several times to several different people and got voicemail EVERY TIME. Not once did any employee up there try to return my call. What a joke. Even when he is pleading and begging us to help him he can't be honest. This man deserves everything he gets.
Don was a great guy but I wish more people would have known that while he was there. He is defintely enjoyinf life a lot more right now without having to be a part of this drama story. It's nice to know that Dale hasn't ruin every person's life that has come across his path.
Zee’s you need to go ahead & get together and file lawsuits or do it on your own. If you can’t finish your project onn your own, you are screwed... If you keep putting up with Dale’s delays & lack of communication you are all screwed
Has anyone been advised by an attorney as to the best way to get out of the franchise agreement and operate independently?
jd has made the point that the amount you'll save without the Elite markup will offset some of your losses thus far.
You’re right, Dale’s non communication is a stall tactic
Has anyone been contacted by Dale and held their one on one conference calls?
isn't 7-10 days from last Friday just about up?
What happened to the improved communication?
Go get um Don!
Don was a very smart guy & I wish him well. Where is Dale/Morg/Medina/Fransynergy going to get the funds to pay him $132M
I hear most of the employees that worked at Cuppy's with Don really liked him. Dale fired him & did not pay him his severence.
With this lawsuit, does this mean that Cuppy's/Medina/Fransynergy is definently bankrupt?