Simpson v. City of Topeka

The plaintiffs contend they should receive severance pay from tire City of Topeka because they *79stopped working there and started working for Shawnee County when the City essentially transferred its parks and recreation system, along with those employees, to the County. The City says not. The dispute depends on the contractual rights the plaintiffs had to severance pay at the time of the transfer. Those rights derive from the City’s personnel policies and the contracts governing the transfer. The personnel policies and the transfer contracts, along with the rest of the evidence before the…