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Company seeks $100 million from McDonalds in dispute over broken franchise contract

(12 Apr 2013) SHOTLIST 1. Wide exterior of McDonald's fast-food restaurant 2. Mid of McDonald's sign 3. Wide of the McDonald's symbol, its golden arches 4. Wide of avenue where another McDonald's restaurant is located 5. Mid exterior of McDonald's restaurant 6. Mid of the golden arches on the building facade 7. Various of Roberto Bukele, owner and president of Servipronto, the company that is suing McDonald's 8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Roberto Bukele, Servipronto president: "This is a lawsuit made possible by a law that was passed in the US Congress, which penalises racketeering in civil and commercial trials, this is a lawsuit in excess of 100 million (US) dollars." 9. Wide of McDonald's restaurant and street 10. Various street scenes of San Salvador STORYLINE The former owner of the McDonald's franchise in El Salvador said Friday that he is suing the fast-food giant for more than 100 (m) million dollar US dollars in an ongoing dispute over the termination of his contract. The dispute began in 1995, when McDonald's cancelled a contract with the Salvadoran-owned Servipronto, a franchise chain that ran several McDonald's restaurants, because of concern over the restaurants' quality. Servipronto argued that the contract, which began in 1978, could not be terminated until 2014. After several trials through the Salvadoran justice system, in 2005 the Second Civil Chamber of El Salvador ordered McDonald's to pay 23.9 (m) million US dollars in damages for terminating the franchise agreement. After McDonald's lawyers filed an appeal, the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of El Salvador ruled in 2011 that McDonalds had to pay the 23.9 (m) million US dollars. Servipronto's owner and president Roberto Bukele said the company has been forced to file a new lawsuit against McDonalds because the US company has failed to comply with the 2011 decision. At that time, McDonald's said in a statement that it regretted the Salvadorean court decision, but maintained its right to take over a franchise "to maintain our high standards and provide excellent customer service and quality food served around the world as we have done so far." Bukele said on Friday that the new lawsuit would be filed in a federal court in the United States. "This is a lawsuit made possible by a law that was passed in the US Congress, which penalises racketeering in civil and commercial trials," he said. He accuses McDonald's of "influence-peddling at all levels" in both El Salvador and in the United States in the legal dispute between the two companies. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...