- 5 - 1993 and beyond, and he continued to sell award products to customers which he had previously serviced for Balfour. Also on June 14, 1991, petitioner filed suit in Federal District Court (the District Court) against Balfour and its parent corporation, Town & Country Corp. (T&C). Petitioner's complaint and amended complaint asserted claims mainly for: (1) Breach of contract, (2) destruction of his equity in his sales territory, (3) failure to pay wages under Connecticut law, (4) unlawful deductions from wages in violation of Connecticut law, (5) conversion, and (6) constructive discharge. Neither the complaint nor the amended complaint alleged that Balfour or T&C caused petitioner to suffer a physical or emotional injury, and neither pleading prayed for damages from such an injury. In their answers, Balfour and T&C denied the material allegations set forth in petitioner's pleadings, and they asserted various affirmative defenses and counterclaims against him for breach of contract, conversion, replevin, unjust enrichment, breach of duty of loyalty, tortious interference, and unfair competition. On March 13, 1992, petitioner served Balfour with interrogatory responses identifying and describing his requested damages to include: (1) $3,012,793 for breach of contract, (2) $1.2 million for lost equity, (3) $9,359,849 for failure to pay wages; (4) $1,262,448 for unlawful deduction from wages,Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Next
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