Legal Opinion
Algie v. RCA Global Communications, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 22, 1994No. 89 Civ. 5471 (MJL) (MHD)PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
DOLINGER, United States Magistrate Judge.
The twenty-three plaintiffs in this case were all long-term employees of defendant RCA Global Communications, Inc. (“RCAG”). They have sued to recover severance benefits allegedly denied them under a plan sponsored by RCAG.
Plaintiffs were each advised that their employment was being terminated one to three days after the stock sale of RCAG to MCI Communications Corporation (“MCIC”) on May 16, 1988. They were later paid severance benefits under the MCIC plan rather than under the more generous RCAG plan. In explaining this decision,…
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