Group W Cable, Inc. v. Gargis

ROBERTSON, Judge.

This case involves a retired employee seeking payment for claimed vacation benefits.

Eula Dean Gargis (appellee) was employed with Teleprompter Corporation in Florence, Alabama, as a benefits administrator from 1973-1981.

Sometime in 1981 Teleprompter was purchased by Westinghouse Electric Corporation and became a subsidiary company known as Group W Cable, Inc. Appellee continued to work in her same capacity until she retired in 1986.

In 1983, Group W Cable, Inc. distributed the new employee handbook explaining the new company benefits including vacation time, how and when it is…