Wilson v. Western Alliance Corp.

Plaintiff brings this action for contract damages and specific performance on the basis of an agreement by defendant to pay plaintiff a three percent commission on renewal premiums received by defendant from Ford Motor Credit Corporation. The trial court granted partial summary judgment in favor of plaintiff on the issue of liability, relying on a 1980 judgment which awarded plaintiff damages through July, 1979, for breach of the same contract. The court denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment, which asserted that plaintiff was barred by res judicata from bringing this second action.…