Sunday v. Balari

Jay Sunday sued Enrique Balari, Ricardo Menendez, and Sunday Electronics Corporation — an import/export business formed by Sunday, Balari and Menendez — for specific performance of a shareholder’s agreement and addendum provisions which, allegedly, provided Sunday a three-year term of employment at $300 per week plus the use of a leased car.

The partial summary final judgment entered by the trial court in favor of Balari and Menendez must be affirmed because it is a settled principle of law that courts will not compel specific performance of personal service contracts. Mosely v. De Moya, 497…