Collins v. City of Manchester

The plaintiffs, thirty-nine police officers employed by the defendant, the City of Manchester, appeal from the order of the Superior Court {Lynn, J.) granting summary judgment to the defendant on the plaintiffs’ breach of contract claims. We affirm.

The relevant undisputed facts are as follows. Each plaintiff was hired by the defendant between July 1992 and March 1996 pursuant to an individual “Three-Year Training Agreement.” See Collins v. City of Manchester, 143 N.H. 708, 709 (1999) (Collins I). Each training agreement provided that the defendant would pay the plaintiff “a wage during and…