Legal Opinion
Canet v. Gooch Ware Travelstead
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided February 21, 1996No. CV-89-2610 (DGT)PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORRECTED MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
TRAGER, District Judge:
This action presents issues regarding the enforceability, under New York law, of an oral contract of employment that included terms promising bonuses and equity partic-ipations in projects undertaken by the employee for his employer, a real estate developer.
The lawsuit was filed in 1989 by Eduardo Canet, a New York resident, against Gooch Ware Travelstead, a Connecticut resident who was Canet’s former employer. Jurisdiction was based on diversity of citizenship under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. The complaint sought damages for breach of contract and…
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