Mealey's ( May 24, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT) -- FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Following a bench trial, a Florida federal judge awarded a mobile dental equipment repair franchisor nearly $97,000 in damages on May 14 due to a franchisee shutting down two Virginia franchises without consent. The judge refused to reduce the amount to present value, holding that the franchisee produced no evidence regarding the proper calculation method....