Camuto Group Must Go to Trial in Worker’s Retaliation, Wage Suit

Camuto Group LLC will go to trial on a former employee’s claims the company breached its contract, and fired her for asserting she was owed a higher bonus than she was given.

There’s a genuine dispute about the interpretation of Katreen Lombardo’s employment contract and the language around guaranteed and future discretionary bonuses, Judge Vernon S. Broderick of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York said Wednesday, denying each side’s motion for summary judgment.

Lombardo’s employment contract included a guaranteed bonus provision, which stated that Lombardo would receive a $30,000 bonus “beginning with services rendered ...