Potomac Leasing Co. v. Bulger

This is a dispute about an equipment lease contract. The plaintiff, Potomac Leasing Company, sued Henry R. Bulger for $3,965.42. That amount represented the accelerated lease payments on an ice cream machine Potomac claims Bulger had agreed to lease. Bulger counterclaimed, alleging that he had been defrauded by Potomac and its agent, Royal Equipment Company, and that the contract he had signed was unconscionable. Royal was added as a defendant. Potomac argued that Royal was not its agent and that Bulger was bound by the contract he signed. The jury returned a verdict against Potomac for…