Legal Question in Business Law in California

misrepresentation of product

I worked as a 1099 contractor for a company that recently imported a product from Tiawan. I refused to sell the imported product because I A) felt the product to be inferior and B) the businesses I sold to bought it on being American made. The company had signed an exclusive agreement with the USA manufacturer but now claim the agreement was forged. Because I refused to sell the Taiwan import, I was notified by the company in question via courrier that my services were no longer required at which time I was hired by the USA manufacturer to minimize losses that would be incurred from the selling of the imported product to existing customers by calling them. Both the manufacturer and the company in question have pending lawsuits, in which I have been named as a co-defendant with the manufacturer by the company in question, claiming The USA Manufacturer and I have conspired to take over their business. I notify the accounts that the product that the company in question is trying to sell is made in Taiwan and no longer in the USA. 90% have either returned or refused the order after they learned it was not made in USA. Is there a law where the company has to inform customers of a anufacturing change or do I have to contact them?


Asked on 9/20/06, 7:11 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Terry A. Nelson Nelson & Lawless

Re: misrepresentation of product

You didn't have to do anything but your job of selling. You now get to defend a lawsuit because of your principled stand. Feel free to contact me for that defense if interested. You need a good attorney, who will try to get you out of the suit at minimum expense.

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Answered on 9/20/06, 12:56 pm


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