Twin Peaks seeks venue change for lawsuit

WACO -- Extensive media coverage about the May 17 Twin Peaks shootout has “damaged the Twin Peaks name in general” and has made it impossible to pick an impartial jury in McLennan County, a Twin Peaks motion to move a civil trial claims.

In response to a lawsuit filed in August by an unnamed Texas couple who were eating lunch at Twin Peaks when the violence erupted between rival biker groups, Twin Peaks asks 74th State Judge Gary Coley Jr. to move the lawsuit from McLennan County to Dallas County.

The lawsuit plaintiffs are identified only as M.K.H. and C.R.H. Their lawsuit names as defendants Peaktastic Beverage, Front Burner Restaurants, Twin Restaurant Investment Co. and Chalik Mitra Group.

The motion to change venue was filed by Twin Peaks’ parent corporation and does not appear to be on behalf of Chalik Mitra Group, the former Twin Peaks franchise holders in Waco and Harker Heights.

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