Ultracuts Ltd. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

WENDELL L. GRIFFEN, Judge.

This case concerns a breach-of-contract and fraud lawsuit filed by appellants Ultracuts Ltd. and Ultracuts Franchises, Inc. (hereafter Ultracuts), against appellees Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., and Wal-Mart Canada, Inc. (hereafter Wal-Mart). The suit was based upon a purported oral agreement whereby Ultracuts was granted the right to operate its hair salons as “stores-within-a-store” in various Wal-Mart locations in western Canada. The circuit judge granted summary judgment in favor of Wal-Mart. We reverse and remand because genuine issues of fact remain to be tried.

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