Legal Opinion
Stanton W. Todd, Iii, Cross-Appellant v. Corporate Life Insurance Company, Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 7, 1991No. 90-3229, 90-3244PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
The dispute at the center of this litigation is not about why Stanton Todd was fired by Corporate Life Insurance Co. but about when. Todd had a clause in his employment contract allowing him six months written notice prior to termination. Corporate Life believed its correspondence with Todd gave that notice, and so it ceased paying his salary. Apparently the company could have been more direct. Claiming he never got the message, Todd filed suit, and the district court granted his motion for summary judgment on liability. It conducted a bench trial to determine damages.…
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- Brooks v. Village of WilmetteAppellate Court of Illinois · 1979
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3Cited by16 opinions
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