Hathaway v. General Mills, Inc.

SPEARS, Justice.

This employment contract case involves a dispute between a salesman and his former employer over commission rates. The issue on appeal is whether General Mills and Gregg N. Hathaway agreed to modify their employment at will contract to lower commission rates. The trial court rendered judgment for Hathaway based on jury findings that Hathaway did not accept the modification. The court of appeals reversed, 694 S.W.2d 96. We reverse the court of appeal’s judgment and affirm the trial court’s.

Hathaway began selling La Coste “Izod” shirts for General Mills on a commission basis in…