Cornet v. Cahn Electric Co.

The majority here again finds for a plaintiff who has voluntarily left the employment of this defendant and who then sued to obtain funds paid by him into a deferred compensation plan. In so doing, the majority relies on Morse v. J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc., 344 So.2d 1353 (La.1976), LSA-R.S. 23:634, as well as Langford v. Cahn Elec. Co., Inc., 403 So.2d 833 (La.App. 2d Cir.1981), the first case involving this defendant.

I do not believe that Morse is sufficient authority for the finding by the majority in Langford, and thus here. A significant difference between Morse and these Cahn Electric…