Loos & Dilworth v. Quaker State Oil Refining Corp.

HOFFMAN, Judge:

This is an appeal from the lower court’s order granting appellee a new trial. While we agree that a new trial is warranted because of an erroneous jury charge and, accordingly, affirm the court’s order, upon retrial the jury should be charged in accordance with this opinion.

In October, 1980, appellee, Loos & Dilworth, Inc., brought this action in assumpsit against appellant, Quaker State Oil Refining Corporation, seeking damages for appellant’s alleged wrongful termination of a written distributor agreement between them. Appellee alleged that appellant failed to “act in good…