H J Tucker & Associates, Inc. v. Allied Chucker & Engineering Co.

Defendant, Allied Chucker and Engineering Company, appeals as of right the judgment entered against it following a nine-day bench trial for the recovery of unpaid sales commissions owing to plaintiff, H. J. Tucker & Associates, Inc. In this case, *554we are asked to decide, in addition to other issues, an issue of first impression involving whether MCL 600.2961; MSA 27A.2961 of the Revised Judicature Act (RJA), which grants treble damages for an intentional failure to pay commissions to a sales representative and authorizes courts to award reasonable attorney fees and court costs to a plaintiff…