Guillot v. Beltone Electronics Corp.

This is an appeal by the plaintiffs, Robert Guillot, Will-Ella Guillot, and Guillot's Hearing Aid, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "Guillots"), from a summary judgment in favor of the defendant, Beltone Electronics Corporation of Chicago and defendant Landon Carey. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

The Guillots claim that between 1978 and 1984, their family had agreements with Beltone that they would be the retail dealer of Beltone hearing aids within a particular territory. In each of the five separate agreements executed during those years, the following provision appeared:

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