FDD Items 3 & 4 · 2024 filing
Park Inn by Radisson litigation history
What Park Inn by Radisson 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
- 3
- Item 3, as counted in the filing
- Largest disclosed settlement
- $779K
- 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
3 pending matters: (1) Norma Knuth v. Radisson Hotels International class action in Canada re destination marketing fees (2014); (2) Jai Sai Baba LLC v. Choice Hotels - RICO/discrimination suit now stayed pending arbitration (2020); (3) T&T Management Inc. v. Choice Hotels re territory/data misappropriation (2023). Multiple resolved matters including Highmark award against Choice for $779,398.
Disclosure signals that moved the score
How this shows up in the verdict
- Multiple active litigations including class action, anti-competitive claims, and trade secret misappropriation suggest systemic operational/legal problems
- Going Concern status is FALSE, indicating franchisor financial viability questions
- Choice Hotels' royalty recovery lawsuits indicate payment compliance issues across system
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?