FDD Items 3 & 4 · 2024 filing
Camp Run-A-Mutt litigation history
What Camp Run-A-Mutt disclosed about lawsuits, arbitrations and bankruptcy in the 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document. Item 3 lists the material legal actions a franchisor must report; Item 4 covers bankruptcy. This is the franchisor's own disclosure, not a court record, and not legal advice.
Items 3 & 4 at a glance
What the filing discloses
- Cases disclosed
- 1
- Item 3, as counted in the filing
- Largest disclosed settlement
- $250K
- As stated in Item 3
- Bankruptcy (Item 4)
- None
- Franchisor, parent, predecessor or officer
- Filing year
- 2024
- Disclosures cover the prior ten years
Extracted from the 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document
Item 3: litigation
One concluded case: CRAMER filed arbitration against franchisee KM CRAM Corp. (AAA Case No. 01-20-0005-0479) in April 2020 for unauthorized termination and opening competing business. Franchisee filed counterclaim and separate state court action. Settled November 2021 with franchisee stipulating to $450,000 claim in bankruptcy and nondischargeable judgment of $250,000, with settlement payments of $175,000-$200,000.
Disclosure signals that moved the score
How this shows up in the verdict
- Litigation history with fraud allegations: 2020-2021 arbitration involving breach, fraud claims, and rescission attempt indicates franchisor-franchisee conflict and potential business model disputes
- Going Concern status = False: Red flag for franchisor financial stability and ability to support franchise system long-term
The verdict grade is FranchiseVerdict's editorial assessment across SBA loan performance, unit growth, revenue and disclosure signals. It is not investment advice.
Before you weigh a lawsuit
How to read Item 3
A franchisor must disclose pending actions and any material civil action involving the franchise relationship, plus convictions or civil judgments for fraud, unfair or deceptive practices, or franchise-law violations, going back ten years. A case the franchisor brought against a franchisee counts too. Item 3 does not include every dispute: settled claims below the materiality line and matters resolved in private arbitration can be absent.
Questions worth asking current and former franchisees, using the contact list in Item 20:
- Were you, or anyone you know in the system, party to a dispute with the franchisor?
- Was it resolved by settlement, arbitration or a court, and on what terms?
- Has the number of disputes gone up or down since you signed?