Legal Opinion
Kunda v. C.R. Bard, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 23, 2011No. 09-1809PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GREGORY, Circuit Judge:
Hillary Runda brought suit against her former employer, C.R. Bard, Inc. (“Bard”), alleging that Bard violated Maryland law when at the time of her termination, it failed to pay her for unvested shares earned through the company’s long-term profit sharing plan. She argued that despite a New Jersey choice-of-law provision in the plan agreement, Maryland law applies to the contract because the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law (“MWPCL”) constitutes a fundamental Maryland public policy.
The district court granted Bard’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a…
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