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Doc Ford author sues restaurant group over royalties

Novelist Randy Wayne White, creator of the Doc Ford literary character, is suing HM Restaurant Group, claiming the company failed to properly compensate him under an agreement to use the name for its restaurant chain.  HM Restaurant Group denies the allegations and says it has fulfilled its obligations.  The first Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grille opened in 2003, then owned by Island House Restaurant Limited Partnership. By then, White had written the…
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Gulfshore Business broke the news in on Wednesday, August 6, 2025.
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