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NOTE 13 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | 12 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
NOTE 13 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | FONAR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS JUNE 30, 2018, 2017 and 2016 NOTE 13 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Leases The Company rents its operating facilities and certain equipment, pursuant to operating lease agreements expiring at various dates through November 2026. The leases for certain facilities contain escalation clauses relating to increases in real property taxes as well as certain maintenance costs. Future minimum operating lease commitments consisted of the following at June 30, 2018:
Year Ending June 30, |  | Facilities And Equipment (Operating Lease)
| 2019 |  |  | $ | 4,283,452 |
| 2020 |  |  |  | 3,644,287 |
| 2021 |  |  |  | 3,261,226 |
| 2022 |  |  |  | 2,433,479 |
| 2023 |  |  |  | 2,001,906 |
| Thereafter |  |  |  | 5,462,651 |
| Total minimum obligations |  |  | $ | 21,087,001 |
Rent expense for operating leases approximated $4,762,000, $4,505,000 and $4,222,000, for the years ended June 30, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The Company received approval from the Suffolk County IDA on February 29, 2016 of a 50% property tax abatement, valued at $440,000, over a 10 year period commencing January 2017. Employee Benefit Plans The Company has a non-contributory 401(k) Plan (the “401(k) Plan”). The 401(k) Plan covers all non-union employees who are at least 21 years of age with no minimum service requirements. There were no employer contributions to the Plan for the years ended June 30, 2018, 2017 and 2016. The stockholders of the Company approved the 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) at the Company’s annual stockholders’ meeting in April 2000. The ESPP provides for eligible employees to acquire common stock of the Company at a discount, not to exceed 15%. This plan has not been put into effect as of June 30, 2018. Stipulation Agreements The Company has entered into stipulation agreements with a number of its creditors that in the aggregate total $193,979, which is included in other current liabilities and other liabilities on the Company’s balance sheet as of June 30, 2018. The monthly payments total $15,859. Litigation The Company is subject to legal proceedings and claims arising from the ordinary course of its business, including personal injury, customer contract and employment claims. In the opinion of management, the aggregate liability, if any, with respect to such actions, will not have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position or results of operations of the Company. Matt Malek Madison v. Fonar Corporation, United States District Court, Northern District of California, was commenced by plaintiff on August 27, 2007 to recover a down payment for a scanner in the amount of $300,000, with interest. The plaintiff sought costs of suit and attorney’s fees as well. The Company answered the complaint and sued the plaintiff for breach of contract in the amount of $450,000. Although down payments are usually expressly non-refundable in the Company’s quotations and agreements, in this case, the quotation contemplated the sale of four scanners, and provided that the deposit would be refundable with interest, if the customer were unable to find suitable locations in the San Francisco Bay area. The issue was whether the customer made a good faith effort to find locations; the Company’s position was that the customer did not. The case went to trial before a judge; the parties submitted post-trial briefs, and judgment was awarded to the plaintiff. The Company appealed the trial court’s decision, but on January 31, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit affirmed the lower court’s decision awarding the plaintiff the $300,000 deposit with prejudgment interest from July 1, 2006. The Company sought to have the Court of Appeals reconsider the decision en banc, (by all or a larger number of the judges on the Circuit Court of Appeals), but this was not granted. During October 2016, the Company settled with the plaintiff for $300,000. Shapiro v. Fonar Corporation, New York Supreme Court, Suffolk County. Previously, The Company and Dr. Shapiro had settled an action commenced in Nassau County under the same name. The amount remaining payable under the settlement agreement according to the Company’s records is $258,400, but the payment and timing of the payment was dependent on obtaining an order for an Upright® MRI Scanner for the Company and the making of installment payments thereunder by the customer. Briefly stated, the balance of $258,400 was and is not yet due. Dr. Shapiro claims that the Company was in breach of the settlement agreement and seeks payment of no less than $307,000 plus interest and attorneys’ fees. The Company believes it has scrupulously observed the terms of the settlement agreement and that Dr. Shapiro’s claims are without merit. The Company answered the Complaint and is now in discovery. The case was settled for $258,400 plus interest on February 18, 2016. Other Matters The Company is also delinquent in filing sales tax returns for certain states, for which the Company has transacted business. The Company has recorded tax obligations of approximately $2,092,000 plus interest and penalties of approximately $1,452,000. The Company is in the process of determining its regulatory requirements in order to become compliant. The Company maintains a self-funded health insurance program with a stop-loss umbrella policy with a third party insurer to limit the maximum potential liability for individual claims to $100,000 per person and for a maximum potential claim liability based on member enrollment. With respect to this program, the Company considers historical and projected medical utilization data when estimating its health insurance program liability and related expense. As of June 30, 2018 and 2017, the Company had approximately $79,000 and $92,000, respectively, in reserve for its self-funded health insurance programs. The reserves are included in “Other current liabilities” in the consolidated balance sheets. The Company regularly analyzes its reserves for incurred but not reported claims, and for reported but not paid claims related to its reinsurance and self-funded insurance programs. The Company believes its reserves are adequate. However, significant judgment is involved in assessing these reserves such as assessing historical paid claims, average lags between the claims’ incurred date, reported dates and paid dates, and the frequency and severity of claims. There may be differences between actual settlement amounts and recorded reserves and any resulting adjustments are included in expense once a probable amount is known. There were no significant adjustments recorded in the years covered by this report.

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