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$2 Million Judgment Awarded in Matt Prentice Restaurant Case

The well-known restaurateur has been ordered to pay a former business partner for violating a non-compete agreement.

An Oakland County Circuit Court judge has ordered restaurateur Matt Prentice to pay $2 million in a lawsuit filed in part over the opening of Morels and Detroit Prime, two closed restaurants that were located on Northwestern Highway in Farmington Hills. 

According to multiple news stories, Stanley Dickson, Prentice's former partner in Matt Prentice Group, Inc., filed a lawsuit after Prentice violated a 2009 non-compete agreement established when Dickson bought the business. 

Prentice opened Morels, a Michigan-themed restaurant with the same name as a restaurant Prentice closed in 2006, in January of 2012 on Northwestern Highway. Prentice left Matt Prentice Group after a disagreement with Dickson over Morels' opening. 

Shortly after Morels opened, Prentice also opened Detroit Prime, a steakhouse, next door. That restaurant closed first, in February of this year. 

Read more in Crain's Detroit, the Detroit Free Press, and Deadline Detroit


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