COLEMAN CO., INC. v. CARGIL INTERN. CORP.

No. 97-3194.

731 So.2d 2 (1998)

The COLEMAN COMPANY, INC., Appellant, v. CARGIL INTERNATIONAL CORP., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied March 10, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holland & Knight, Daniel S. Pearson and Christopher N. Bellows, Miami, for Appellant.

Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell, and Scott M. Sarason and Lori A. Brown, Miami; Holland & Knight, and Daniel S. Pearson and Christopher N. Bellows, Miami, for Appellant (on rehearing).

Aragon, Burlington, Weil & Crockett, Jeffrey B. Crockett and Paul J. Schweip, Miami, for Appellee.

BEFORE: NESBITT, GODERICH, and SORONDO, JJ.


NESBITT, J.

In the proceedings below, the jury found that camping supplies manufacturer Coleman breached an oral distributorship agreement with Cargil International, Coleman's distributor in Venezuela. Because the oral distributorship contract was for a period of more than one year, its enforcement is barred by the statute of frauds. Therefore, we reverse.

The record reveals that the oral agreement at issue here was made in November 1993, and that the agreement...

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