Thivia v. East Hartford, No. Cv 00-0599597s (Mar. 10, 2003)

[EDITOR'S NOTE: This case is unpublished as indicated by the issuing court.]

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

The plaintiff, Richard Thivia, brings this breach of contract action against the defendant Town of East Hartford claiming to be owed 12.2% of the "greens fees" which had been increased with a "capital improvement" fee after the town had renewed the plaintiff's contract.

The plaintiff had been a golf professional at the East Hartford golf course since the 1970s. In the early years the employment agreements were verbal. The first written one was in the late 1980s. Under both the verbal and written…