The Grandoe Corp. v. Gander Mountain Co.

Grandoe filed suit against Gander Mountain after Gander Mountain reneged on its oral commitment to purchase $3.05 million worth of winter gloves from Grandoe. After the jury awarded judgment in favor of Grandoe, Gander Mountain moved for judgment as a matter of law or for a new trial, claiming that two written documents rendered the oral agreement void. Grandoe filed an unopposed motion for prejudgment interest. The court concluded that the district court did not commit reversible error in declining to rule on the legal effect of the Vendor Buying Agreement because any error on the district court's part was invited by Gander Mountain; the district court did not err in concluding that the Resource Allowance Contract did not render evidence of the oral agreement inadmissible; a reasonable jury could have found that the parties orally agreed to the sale of $3.05 million worth of gloves and that no written contract voided that oral agreement; and the district court did not clearly err in awarding Grandoe prejudgment interest. Accordingly, the court affirmed the district court's denial of Gander Mountain's motion for judgment as a matter of law or for a new trial, and affirmed its grant of prejudgment interest to Grandoe. View "The Grandoe Corp. v. Gander Mountain Co." on Justia Law