Legal Opinion
Totton v. New York Life Insurance
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided March 31, 1988No. Civ. N-87-244 (PCD)PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON MOTION TO DISMISS
DORSEY, District Judge.
Plaintiffs claim that defendant breached their employment contracts by wrongfully terminating them. Plaintiffs allege they were covered by N6 employment contracts which required them to produce a minimum of $100,000 in insurance policies per year. Complaint at ¶ 10a. In exchange, plaintiffs were compensated “in accordance with the amount of premiums paid and the dollar value of insurance policies successfully solicited.” Id. at ¶ 9. The N6 contracts also provided for “vested pension benefits after 20 years,” id. at ¶ 10a, later amended to ten…
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