Uhle v. Sachs Electric

CARL R. GAERTNER, Judge.

Plaintiff, Fred Uhle, worked for defendant, Sachs Electric, for twenty-one years. His last position with Sachs was as Vice President of Sales and Estimating. In 1984, plaintiff was called to testify before a federal grand jury investigating bid-rigging. Plaintiff perjured himself before the grand jury, despite a grant of immunity from charges of bid-rigging. In 1986, plaintiff was convicted of perjury and sentenced to a term of imprisonment in a federal penitentiary.

At some time in 1986, plaintiff and defendant cannot agree on the date, plaintiff was discharged by…