Legal Opinion
Oken v. National Chain Co.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided January 7, 1981No. 78-343-AppealPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KELLEHER, Justice.
This is a jury-waived Superior Court civil action in which the plaintiff, Joslin Oken (Oken), seeks an accounting and payment of commissions allegedly withheld from him by his employer, the defendant, National Chain Co. (National). National manufactures chain which is used in the costume jewelry industry. The crucial issue in this controversy concerns the amount of money due Oken, and a brief resume of the relevant facts will bring the nub of the controversy into sharp focus.
On June 1, 1970, National’s president, Ralph Cipolla, hired Oken as a manufacturer’s…
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