Davidson v. Life Savers, Inc.

In this action, plaintiff seeks to recover the sum of $6,250 as severance pay claimed to he due him upon the termination of his employment with defendant on January 31, 1971.

In May, 1970, plaintiff received a promotion to director of employee relation for defendant. This promotion, effective June 1, 1970, provided for a $7,500 annual salary increase with an unlimited expense account coupled with a requirement that he was to spend one to three days a week at defendant’s headquarters in New York City, and the balance of the week at defendant’s Canajoharie, New York, plant.

The first salary check…