Papa John’s International Inc. founder John Schnatter escalated his legal battle with the pizza chain, suing the board of directors and Chief Executive Officer Steve Ritchie to “stop the irreparable harm” to the company that he said they’re causing.
The complaint, filed Thursday in Delaware Chancery Court, is sealed. Terry Fahn, a spokesman for Schnatter, said in a statement the suit asks the court for immediate assistance to stop the damage the directors and Ritchie are doing “due to their repeated, and ongoing, breaches of the duties of loyalty and care they owe to the company.”
