Ex-ConPhil marketing chief sues elderly jobber over supply agreement

摘要

Former ConocoPhilips marketing chief Mark Harper is suing a 76-year-old jobber for $663,000 in lost sales and profits. He claims the elderly marketer walked away from a 12-year sub-jobber contract and then interfered with attempts to rebrand his stations to Marathon. Harper also wants punitive damages.rnBut Bob Patterson tells a different tale. He says Harper's lawsuit is an attempt to force him to sell his business to Harper's company, United Energy Distributors.