Primex International Corp. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Levine, J.

In 1988, appellant Primex International Corporation was retained, on a transaction-by-transaction basis, by respondent Wal-Mart Stores, Incorporated as a buying agent for purchases of South American manufactured consumer goods. Two years later, Wal-Mart appointed Primex as its exclusive buying agent and, on February 6, 1990, the parties executed a three-year "Service Agreement” (the 1990 Agreement) which defined their rights and obligations, the services appellant was to provide and the commission structure governing each transaction it brokered during the term…