FDD Items 3 & 4 · 2025 filing
Wow 1 Day Painting litigation history
What Wow 1 Day Painting 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 & 4 at a glance
What the filing discloses
- Cases disclosed
- 1
- Item 3, as counted in the filing
- Largest disclosed settlement
- None stated
- 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
Val DiNardo v. WOW 1 Day Painting LLC (Case No. 2:16-cv-01600-JLR, U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington). Franchisee alleged misrepresentations, omissions, deceptive practices under Connecticut law, and failure to comply with Connecticut Business Opportunity Investment Act. Plaintiff sought actual damages, punitive damages, avoidance of Franchise Agreement, return of funds, and attorneys' fees. Court granted franchisor's motion for summary judgment dismissing all plaintiff claims on January 23, 2018. Franchisor subsequently filed counterclaim in Washington state court (Case No. 18-2-07362-6 SEA) alleging breach of contract and tortious interference, obtaining default judgment on August 24, 2018.
Disclosure signals that moved the score
How this shows up in the verdict
- One concluded litigation (resolved in franchisor's favor)
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?