Lawrence v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States

WINTERSHEIMER, Judge.

This appeal is from a jury verdict which awarded the Appellant/Plaintiff no damages in connection with an alleged breach of an employment contract. On September 1, 1974, Lawrence and the Equitable Life Assurance Society entered into a written contract known as a 12th Edition contract under which Lawrence was hired for the term of the contract as an agent to sell life insurance for the Society. Section XII of the contract provided that either party could terminate the agreement at any time by giving the other notice. On July 1,1975, Don Jett, the owner of the agency where…