Legal Opinion
Lynn A. Joy v. Hay Group, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 8, 2005No. 04-2114PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Lynn Joy, the plaintiff in this diversity breach of contract suit governed by Illinois law, appeal's from the grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant, a consulting firm named Hay Group, Inc. (HGI). Joy is a former employee of HGI, and her principal claim is that her employment contract entitled her to one year’s base salary (which was $210,000) if she was terminated,-1 provided she was terminated “for reasons other than cause,” a word not defined in the contract. Because of the procedural posture of the case, we state the facts as favorably to Joy as the…
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