The New York State Supreme Court for the county of New York ruled that a default judgment for $8.4 Million will be entered in favor of Franchise Acceptance Corporation (FAC), an affiliate of Burger King Corporation, and against La-Van Hawkins and two of his corporations. FAC’s action seeks to recover amounts due and owed to it on 21 promissory notes. The presiding Judge rejected Hawkins’ request for additional time extensions and directed FAC to submit a judgment against Hawkins and his corporations.
As part of the ruling, the court temporarily stayed execution of the judgment and gave Hawkins until October 26 to seek relief from the judgment. Mr. Hawkins was served notice of the lawsuit in July for failure to repay monies lent to him by FAC.