Legal Opinion
Automatic Sprinkler Corp. of America v. Anderson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 2, 1979No. 34337PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jordan, Justice.
A writ of certiorari was granted in Anderson v. Automatic Sprinkler Corp., 147 Ga. App. 236 (248 SE2d 507) (1978), to review the question of whether good faith is a prerequisite in the exercise of an absolute discretion to withhold incentive compensation.
The respondent, Hugh B. Anderson, a sales representative for petitioner, Automatic Sprinkler Corporation of America, voluntarily terminated his employment and sued claiming appellee owed him specific amounts of both deferred and non-deferred incentive compensation under the company’s compensation plan. The trial court granted…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- State Highway Department v. MacDougald Construction Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1939
- Schaeffer v. KingSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967
- MacDougald Construction Co. v. State Highway DepartmentCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1972
- Montgomery Ward & Company v. ReichSupreme Court of Colorado · 1955
- Anderson v. Automatic Sprinkler Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
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3Cited by47 opinions
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