Mincron SBC Corp. v. Worldcom, Inc.

OPINION

MICHOL O’CONNOR, Justice.

Mincron SBC Corporation, the defendant below and appellant here, appeals from a summary judgment rendered in favor of WorldCom, Inc., the plaintiff below and appellee here. We reverse and remand.

Factual Background

Mincron is a small, privately-held company that developed and licensed a computer software program. Mincron incurs significant long-distance telephone charges in answering customer questions and servicing this software. In the fall of 1992, Worldcom’s predecessor, ATC Long Dis tance (ATC) approached Mincron to discuss Mincron’s long-distance telephone…