Kelmor, LLC v. Alabama Dynamics, Inc.

COBB, Chief Justice.1

Kelmor, LLC, James S. Pace, and Melvin Zimmerman, the plaintiffs in a breach-of-contract action in the Shelby Circuit Court, appeal from a summary judgment in favor of the defendants, Alabama Dy*786namics, Inc., and Gene Ernest. We affirm.

I. Factual and Procedural History

Ernest owns Alabama Dynamics, Inc., an industrial manufacturing and fabrication business located in Calera. In early 2001, Ernest decided to sell the business he had started nearly 30 years earlier. He hired John Clark of an entity known as Business Resources to locate a buyer for his company. Soon thereafter…