Archem, Inc. v. Simo

ROBERTSON, Judge.

Appellant-plaintiff Archem, Inc. (Ar-chem) appeals from a jury verdict against it in favor of Gerald Simo (Simo), and from the trial court’s granting judgment on the evidence in favor of Simo.

We affirm.

Archem is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Share Corporation (Share) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Archem manufactures and distributes industrial chemical products. Share acquired Archem, an Arkansas corporation, in December, 1986.

In April, 1986, prior to Share’s acquisition of the “old” Archem, salesman Gerald Simo signed an independent distributorship agreement with old Archem, then…