Vinson v. E. W. Buschman Co.

Deen, Presiding Judge.

Appellant Leonard Vinson formerly worked for a local manufacturer’s representative firm, selling conveyors and related items produced by several manufacturers, including appellee E. W. Buschman Company (Buschman), a Cincinnati-based firm with a nationwide clientele. When the owner of the local firm died, leaving no one to take over operation of the business, appellant and two fellow sales representatives approached Buschman officers regarding the possibility of Buschman’s subsidizing the establishment of a new manufacturer’s representative firm through which Vinson and…