Hawthorne Industries v. Attaway Associates

Deen, Chief Judge.

1. Attaway Associates, Inc., an advertising firm, sued Hawthorne Industries, Inc. for services rendered in preparing and arranging for use of advertising material, including photocopy, silkscreen, racks for placement of carpets (the item being manufactured), and other services. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the advertiser. The sole defense of the client, Hawthorne, was that the work billed was not authorized because its employee Robson, with whom Attaway dealt, was not authorized to order the material without the consent of Larry Winter, the chief financial officer…