COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Rentals

The annual future lease commitments under non-cancelable operating leases for each of the five years subsequent to December 31, 2017 and thereafter is as follows:



(In thousands)	December 31, 2017
2018	$	518
2019	407
2020	246
2021	90
2022	—
Thereafter	—
Total Future Lease Commitments	$	1,261

Rent expense on ground leases, under which our Kerrow subsidiary is lessee to third-party owners, was $448 thousand, $466 thousand, and $441 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, and 2015, respectively. Rent expense at FCPT was $160 thousand, $154 thousand, and $18 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, and 2015, respectively.

Litigation

We are subject to private lawsuits, administrative proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of our business. A number of these lawsuits, proceedings and claims may exist at any given time. These matters typically involve claims from guests, employee wage and hour claims and others related to operational issues common to the restaurant industry. We record our best estimate of a loss when the loss is considered probable. When a liability is probable and there is a range of estimated loss with no best estimate in the range, we record the minimum estimated liability related to the lawsuits, proceedings or claims. While the resolution of a lawsuit, proceeding or claim may have an impact on our financial results for the period in which it is resolved, we believe that the maximum liability related to probable lawsuits, proceedings and claims in which we are currently involved, individually and in the aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or liquidity.