GENERAL AUTO PARTS CO., INC. v. GPC

No. 24437.

979 P.2d 1207 (1999)

132 Idaho 849

GENERAL AUTO PARTS CO., INC., an Idaho corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross Respondent, v. GENUINE PARTS COMPANY, a Georgia corporation, Defendant-Respondent-Cross Appellant.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Boise, March 1999 Term.

June 17, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Comstock & Bush and Peter J. Boyd, Boise, for appellant. John A. Bush argued.

Hawley, Troxell, Ennis & Hawley, Boise, and Alston & Bird, LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, for respondent. Eugene A. Ritti argued.


SCHROEDER, Justice.

General Auto Parts, Inc. (General) brought this action asserting that Genuine Parts Company (GPC) breached an oral contract wherein GPC allegedly promised the current owner of General, Frank Workland, the exclusive right to sell NAPA automotive parts in Boise. Following trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of General and against GPC in the amount of $100,000. General appealed the trial court's decision denying General's motion to amend its...

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