FDD Items 3 & 4 · 2026 filing
Footprints Floors litigation history
What Footprints Floors disclosed about lawsuits, arbitrations and bankruptcy in the 2026 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 (litigation) & 4 (bankruptcy) at a glance
What the filing discloses
- Cases disclosed
- 2
- Item 3, as counted in the filing
- Largest settlement, franchisor's own cases
- None stated
- Bankruptcy (Item 4)
- None
- Franchisor, parent, predecessor or officer
- Filing year
- 2026
- Disclosures cover the prior ten years
Extracted from the 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document
Item 3: litigation
Two disclosed cases: (1) Joshua Lively v. DKR Interests dba Footprints Floors of Fort Worth/Denton, Integrity Home Solutions, and Branches Company (TX, filed 2023) - homeowner flooring defect/warranty claims; franchisor obtained summary judgment in its favor, now final. (2) Branches Company v. James Daniel Wilkinson, JDW Fiducia Inc dba Viking Floors, and JDW Enterprises (CO federal, filed 2023) - franchisor sued former franchisee for trade secret misappropriation/non-compete violation; franchisor won judgment for attorneys' fees, defendants later filed bankruptcy.
Item 3 (litigation) · 2 matters disclosed
Litigation cases
The franchisor
Concluded (2)
Branches Company, LLC f/k/a Footprints Floors, LLC v. James Daniel Wilkinson, JDW Fiducia Inc. d/b/a Viking Floors, and JDW Enterprises, LLC
judgmentBrought by the franchisor · filed 2023-10-02 · U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado · 1:23-cv-02576-GPG-STV
“… Case No. 1:23-cv-02576-GPG-STV, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado on October 2, 2023.”Page 10 of the 2026 FDD, Item 3
Outcome: “The Court issued a final judgment on May 17, 2024, awarding Franchisor its attorneys’ fees against defendants. The defendants thereafter filed for bankruptcy in the Southern District of Texas, and the defendants' bankruptcy cases closed in 2024.”
Joshua Lively v. DKR Interests, Inc. dba Footprints Floors of Fort Worth/Denton, Integrity Home Solutions, LLC, and Branches Company, LLC, aka Footprints Floors, LLC
judgmentBrought against a franchisee · filed 2023-06-07 · District Court in Denton County, Texas · 23-4880-431
“… Cause No. 23-4880-431, filed in the District Court in Denton County, Texas on June 7, 2023.”Page 10 of the 2026 FDD, Item 3
Outcome: “In November 2024, the Court granted summary judgment to Franchisor on all claims asserted against Franchisor. Plaintiff has non-suited its claims against DKR and Integrity.”
Item 3 lists the litigation the franchisor must disclose; a matter against a parent, an affiliate or a named officer is not a matter against the franchisor, and pending claims are allegations, not findings.
Disclosure signals that moved the score
How this shows up in the verdict
- Two disclosed litigations (installation defects + non-compete enforcement) suggest quality control and franchisee compliance challenges
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?