Cranfill v. Scott & Fetzer Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

COBB, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

In 1979, plaintiff Jerry Cranfill was a distributor for the defendant The Scott Fetzer Company, 1 and specifically for The Kirby Company Division of The Scott Fetzer Company (“Kirby”). In her deposition testimony, Jerry Cranfill admitted that in 1979, in direct violation of her Distribution Agreement, she submitted false sales and warranty information to Kirby (Cranfill Depo., p. 52). In December 1979, pursuant to the Distributor Agreement between Kirby and plaintiffs, Kirby cancelled Jerry Cranfill’s distributorship for false reporting.

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