Sealing Equip. Products Co. v. Velarde

Sealing Equipment Products Company, Inc., d/b/a SEPCO, Inc. ("SEPCO"), appeals from a judgment awarding Al Velarde $191,552.25 in compensatory and punitive damages. We affirm.

SEPCO manufactures and distributes fluid sealing products. Al Velarde was SEPCO's international sales representative for Latin America and South America. Velarde began work for SEPCO on May 1, 1989, after receiving a letter dated April 20, 1989, from Jim Falls, SEPCO's sales and marketing manager. The letter offered Velarde employment as SEPCO's international sales representative for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia,…