It appears that you have had exposure to both the franchisee and the franchisor from hell who shilled false appearances to you for the purpose of misleading you to their advantage.

Obviously, as is revealed from the current crisis in our financial markets, “fraud” in practice has been legalized by the big law firms who teach their clients how to walk the very thin line between legal practice and criminal activity.

If I were sitting on a jury looking at this, I would believe that you were the victim of a continuing or ongoing breach of contract and fraudulent inducement but jury trials in commercial disputes are becoming a thing of the past — and especially in franchising.

I assume your contract with MRI Network mandates arbitration of any disputes and of course, it is my opinion that the arbitrators almost always come down on the side of the franchisors because of federal regulatory policy that favors franchisors over franchisees.

In the zest of government to promote franchising and to protect franshiSORS and those franchisees who are still standing in franchise systems, the regulators have created the perfect climate for fraud. They have redefined “legal fraud” in the process of protecting franchisors at the highest levels of our court system.

As can be seen from the failure of our economy, the checks and balances are not working. The banks and the insurance companies and the investment community became the victims of their own greed and the walking of that thin line between right and wrong.

Specifically read about:

The years of misrepresentation by MRI Network http://www.cdicorp.info/mrimisrepresentation.html

MRINetwork Breach of Franchise Contract http://www.cdicorp.info/rogerhballou-damage-to-mrinetwork.html

Joseph R Seiders affidavit misstatements made under oath http://www.cdicorp.info/josephrseidersaffidavit.html

Roger H Ballou mistatements to shareholders http://www.cdicorp.info/rogerhballou-denial.html

Sarbanes Oxley concerns – was the debt correctly written-off? See why Roger H Ballou is so coy about clarifying his legal obligations under SOX rules http://www.cdicorp.info/rogerhballou-denial.html

Steve Mills denies responsibility http://www.cdicorp.info/stevemillsdeniesresponsibility.html

Read the facts and form your own opinion otheir ethics and actual business practices of MRINetwork and their owners CDI Corporation.

I don’t know what the legalities are, but IMHO a pizza shop guilty of a DUI fatality should not have employees with a history of drinking and driving. Doesn’t mean he’s a bad person, just not someone who should be managing a business based on driving.