Weiss v. Smulders
Annotate this CaseThe parties in this case were two specialty food business and their respective owners. The current dispute arose when the companies signed a distribution agreement and orally promised to form a joint venture between the businesses. After one company formally terminated the distribution agreement, Plaintiffs sued Defendants seeking to recover money damages for breach of an oral contract and promissory estoppel for failing to form the joint venture. The trial court found in favor of Defendants on all of Plaintiffs’ claims except promissory estoppel and rendered judgment for Defendants on their breach of contract counterclaim. Both parties appealed. The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court in all respects, holding that the trial court properly (1) calculated Plaintiffs’ damages; (2) rendered judgment for Defendants on their counterclaim; and (3) rendered judgment for Plaintiffs on their promissory estoppel claim.
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