LITIGATION RECORD · SOURCED
Has Mr. Sandless been sued?
Mr. Sandless's 2026 FDD discloses 0 litigation matter(s) in Item 3 — the section where franchisors must list material lawsuits, arbitrations, and government actions. Independent monitoring — federal dockets via CourtListener/RECAP and news coverage — shows 5 litigation or bankruptcy signal(s) on record, listed below with citations.
ITEM 3 0 disclosed litigation matter(s). The full case list — parties, courts, and outcomes — is in the document itself.
ITEM 4 No bankruptcy history disclosed.
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Franchise litigation docket: MR. SANDLESS FRANCHISE LLC v. SPOKANE SURFACING INNOVATIONS, LLC (District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania)
SOURCE: COURTLISTENER/RECAP - LITIGATION
Franchise litigation docket: MR. SANDLESS FRANCHISE LLC v. PINNOCK (District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania)
SOURCE: COURTLISTENER/RECAP - LITIGATION
Franchise litigation docket: MR. SANDLESS FRANCHISE LLC v. AMDG 7, LLC (District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania)
SOURCE: COURTLISTENER/RECAP - LITIGATION
Franchise litigation docket: MR. SANDLESS FRANCHISE, LLC v. ARCHNOI (District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania)
SOURCE: COURTLISTENER/RECAP - LITIGATION
Franchise litigation docket: MR. SANDLESS FRANCHISE, LLC v. ELITE FLOOR CARE LLC (District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania)
SOURCE: COURTLISTENER/RECAP
Coverage note: docket monitoring relies on CourtListener/RECAP, a partial mirror of federal court records — state courts, arbitrations, and unmirrored federal cases will not appear. Absence here ≠ absence of litigation. The authoritative disclosure is Items 3–4 of the FDD itself; read them.
Mr. Sandless litigation questions, answered
Has Mr. Sandless been sued?
Mr. Sandless's 2026 FDD discloses 0 litigation matter(s) in Item 3 — the section where franchisors must list material civil actions, arbitrations, and government proceedings involving the franchisor and its executives. Independent monitoring (federal court dockets via CourtListener/RECAP and news coverage) shows 5 litigation or bankruptcy signal(s) on record for Mr. Sandless, each cited on this page. Court-record coverage is partial, so absence of a docket here is not evidence of absence of litigation.
Has Mr. Sandless disclosed bankruptcy history?
No — Item 4 of Mr. Sandless's 2026 FDD discloses no bankruptcy history for the franchisor or its executives.
Where can I verify Mr. Sandless lawsuits myself?
Read Items 3 and 4 of the official FDD (linked from this page), search the brand and its legal entity on CourtListener/RECAP (free federal docket mirror), and ask the franchisor's representative directly — they are required to disclose material litigation.
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