Hartbarger v. SCA Services, Inc.

Defendant, SCA Services, Inc., appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of Madison County entered after a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff, Kenneth S. Hartbarger, in the amount of $225,000 for the breach of an oral contract. In this cause, defendant raises the following issues: (1) whether the parol evidence rule and collateral contract doctrine bar plaintiff’s oral contract claim; (2) whether sufficient independent consideration, definiteness, or certainty existed to support the separate oral contract; (3) whether the trial court improperly instructed the jury by giving plaintiff’s…