Benjamin Franklin long ago remarked that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Based upon a recent adverse ruling against Quizno's and in favor of its former franchisee, Mr. Franklin might well agree that the going rate for a pound of cure can be quantified as $350,000 in damages plus attorney's fees.
One ounce cost Rich Piotrowski and Ellen Blickman their Quiznos franchise and more than $200,000 in legal fees during a two-year battle with the sandwich company.
One of Pennsylvania's largest newspapers, and the local newspaper for the Coopersburg, Pa area (the location that was terminated by Quiznos for alledgely shorting the one ounce of meat), in today's
