On Aug. 1, 2014, plaintiff Gregg Carman, the vice president of sales at C3 Energy, was terminated from his position. At the end of the 2014 fiscal year, but before the company issued a new compensation plan for the 2015 fiscal year, Carman closed two deals, allegedly resulting in substantial revenue for C3. After the second deal was closed, the company issued Carman’s 2015 compensation plan, which included commission rates significantly lower than his 2014 rates. Carman complained about the retroactive application of a plan that he never agreed to for work he had already performed. Shortly thereafter, C3 terminated him. Carman sued the operator of C3 Energy, C3 Inc. Carmen brought claims of wrongful termination, breach of contract and quantum meruit. Carman alleged that after he complained about the retroactive application of the 2015 plan, C3 terminated him. He claimed that C3 fired him so that it could avoid paying him additional commissions. C3 claimed that it fully paid Carman for his work on the two deals. It also asserted counterclaims against Carman, seeking to recover commissions that it allegedly overpaid him. C3 claimed that Carman misrepresented a fact about one of the deals and that as a result, it paid him commissions that he had not earned., Carman, who was hired by C3 in 2013, sought recovery of unpaid commissions and compensation that he allegedly earned. Carman sought recovery of $1.5 million, trebled to $4.5 million, for unpaid commissions and compensation lost as a result of his termination, plus attorney fees, costs, and punitive damages.