The fired CEO of PendaForm Co. should have gotten a jury trial on his claim he was entitled to a severance package, the Sixth Circuit ruled.
The district court erred by accepting PendaForm’s version of the facts, the unpublished opinion by Judge Gilbert S. Merritt said July 11.
After PendaForm was bought by Trienda Holdings, the new leadership decided to let the employment contract of PendaForm’s chief executive officer Jack Slinger expire so it wouldn’t have to pay him severance. But the contract contained a clause stipulating if Slinger “solicited” employees to leave the company he could be fired for ...
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