Lowell v. U.S. Savings Bank of America

Frederick W. Lowell (Lowell or the plaintiff) appealed, and The U.S. Savings Bank of America (the bank) cross-appealed, a decree of the Superior Court (Gray, J.) ruling that the bank breached Lowell’s ten-year employment contract by failing to articulate in its termination vote the reason for the plaintiff’s dismissal, and that the damages were limited to the amount of Lowell’s salary from the date of his wrongful termination until the date when the bank properly terminated his employment. Lowell claims that he was improperly denied the right to a jury trial and that the trial court erred in…