Kossol was a partner in Continental Food Network, which sold food plans to consumers. Consumers signed contracts

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Kossol was a partner in Continental Food Network, which sold food plans to consumers. Consumers signed contracts to pay thousands of dollars for a plan to provide them a certain quantity of food over several years and give them a "free" freezer. The plan cost much more than the food and freezer were worth, and the food was not the quality claimed. The Attorney General of Maryland sued under state consumer protection law. The court ordered the operation shut down and $6 million in restitution paid to consumers. Kossol was held jointly and severally liable for the payments. He appealed, contending that only the parent company could be held liable, and that he could not be held personally liable. Assuming there was consumer fraud, could liability go against both the owners of the business as well as the business itself?

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The Legal Environment of Business

ISBN: 978-0538473996

11th Edition

Authors: Roger E Meiners, Al H. Ringleb, Frances L. Edwards

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