Alexander v. Codemasters Group Limited

Opinion

GOMES, J.

An executive appeals the grant of summary judgment in favor of his former employer in a dispute over whether the employer was contractually obligated to provide him with vested stock options. The employer contends the parties did not agree when the stock options would vest and, as a result, the purported stock options agreement was uncertain and unenforceable. On appeal, the executive claims the superior court erred in concluding as a matter of law that (1) vesting of the promised stock options was a material term of the agreement, (2) the agreement could not be interpreted to…