District Court, D. Massachusetts March 31, 2017, CIVIL ACTION NO. 16-11080-RWZ (Karter v. Pleasant View Gardens, Inc.)

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

ZOBEL, Senior District Judge.

In 2011, plaintiff Patricia Karter began developing an idea for a business that would locally grow and sell salad greens. She reached out to Henry Huntington, Chief Executive Officer of Pleasant View Gardens (“PVG”), a large ornamental flower grower, about this endeavor, and in 2012, they entered into a partnership.