FDD Items 3 & 4 · 2025 filing
Nurse Next Door litigation history
What Nurse Next Door disclosed about lawsuits, arbitrations and bankruptcy in the 2025 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
- 4
- Item 3, as counted in the filing
- Largest settlement, franchisor's own cases
- $13K
- As stated in Item 3
- Bankruptcy (Item 4)
- None
- Franchisor, parent, predecessor or officer
- Filing year
- 2025
- Disclosures cover the prior ten years
Extracted from the 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document
Item 3: litigation
Two administrative proceedings (Maryland franchise disclosure violation 2016, California improper FPR 2019/2021); one franchisee arbitration settled for $200,000 to NND (Texas Boy 2020); one pending franchisee arbitration alleging misrepresentation re: Florida licensure (Sipp, filed 2024)
Item 3 (litigation) · 4 matters disclosed · 1 pending listed
Litigation cases
The franchisor
Pending (1)
Sipp v. Nurse Next Door Home Healthcare Services (USA), Inc.; Nurse Next Door Home Healthcare Services (USA), Inc. v. Sipp; Aaron Sipp, et al. v. Nurse Next Door Home Healthcare Services (USA), Inc.
pendingBrought by a franchisee · filed 2024-07-11 · U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington; JAMS · 24-cv-01259; 24-cv-00884-MJP; JAMS 5460001414
“Sipp v. Nurse Next Door Home Healthcare Services (USA), Inc., Cause No. 24-cv-01259 (M.D. Fla. July 11, 2024) Franchisee Aaron Sipp and Sipp Healthcare, LLC filed suit against NND in the Circuit Court of the 18th Judicial Circuit for Seminole County Florida,”Page 16 of the 2025 FDD, Item 3
Concluded (3)
Nurse Next Door Home Healthcare Services (USA), Inc. v. Texas Boy LLC et al.
settledBrought against a franchisee · filed 2020-07-13 · JAMS · 1160023755
“… (JAMS Arbitration Reference No. 1160023755, filed with JAMS on July 13, 2020) NND commenced this arbitration against the franchisee and its principal operator alleging that the”Page 15 of the 2025 FDD, Item 3
Outcome: “On September 30, 2021, the parties entered into a confidential settlement and nondisparagement agreement pursuant to which the franchisee agreed to pay NND $200,000.00 in exchange for a mutual release of claims by all parties.” (page 16)
In The Matter Of Nurse Next Door Home Healthcare Services (USA), Inc. (Securities Commissioner of Maryland)
concludedGovernment or regulatory action · Securities Commissioner of Maryland · 2016-0835
“Administrative Proceeding Before The Securities Commissioner Of Maryland, In The Matter Of Nurse Next Door Home Healthcare Services (USA), Inc., Case Number 2016-0835.”Page 15 of the 2025 FDD, Item 3
The Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation v. Nurse Next Door Home Healthcare Services (USA) Inc.
concludedGovernment or regulatory action · California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation
“In the Matter of The Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation v. Nurse Next Door Home Healthcare Services (USA) Inc. In 2019, the Commissioner of the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (“Commissioner”) investigated the”Page 15 of the 2025 FDD, Item 3
Outcome: “pay a $12,500 penalty to the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation. Franchisee Claims and Counterclaims Nurse Next Door Home Healthcare Services (USA), Inc. v. Texas Boy LLC et al., (JAMS Arbitration Reference No. 1160023755, filed with JAMS on July 13, 2020) NND commenced this”
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
- Multiple active litigations including material misrepresentation claims regarding licensure—critical for home care operations
- Florida franchisee lawsuit alleging misrepresentations on licensure directly impacts regulatory compliance and operations
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?