Walmart Says It’s Entitled To End Contract That Led To $100M Verdict Against It

(April 30, 2024, 1:52 PM EDT) -- FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A national retail chain moved an Arkansas federal court for judgment as a matter of law or, in the alternative, a new trial after a jury awarded one of its suppliers more than $100 million for reneging on a promise to purchase millions of boxes of nitrile gloves during the COVID-19 pandemic, alleging several bases that entitled it to terminate the contract, including the supplier’s tortious conduct involving one of the retailer’s employees who was a central figure in the glove deal....