Legal Opinion
Laura K. Grillet, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee v. Sears, Roebuck & Company, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 26, 1991No. 90-3580PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUHÉ, Circuit Judge.
At age sixty, Laura Grillet had spent twenty-six years as a personnel representative for Sears, Roebuck and Company. In 1988 Sears restructured various departments, thereby eliminating many positions. On March 4, 1988, Grillet’s supervisor told Grillet that Sears intended to eliminate her position in three days. He also told her that all positions comparable to hers were being eliminated.
Grillet’s supervisor explained that Grillet could either accept ten weeks’ severance pay — about $9,000 — or obtain fifty weeks’ severance pay — about $45,000 — by signing a release…
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