Thompson v. Coughlin

Plaintiff and defendant were agents for Mutual of New York (MONY). They formed a partnership to sell life insurance, primarily with MONY but also with other companies. Plaintiff seeks an accounting of the partnership’s business and a division of commissions earned in the course of the partnership. On remand from our previous decision, Thompson v. Coughlin, 124 Or App 398, 862 P2d 582 (1993), rev den 318 Or 351 (1994), the trial court refused to render an accounting on the ground that plaintiff had unclean hands and was not entitled to equitable relief. Plaintiff appeals. We review de novo and…