Kulins v. Malco, a Microdot Co., Inc.

In a class action suit seeking adjudication of employee termination allowances, plaintiffs, ex-employees of defendant corporation (Maleo), moved for a summary judgment as to their right to recover severance pay under Malco’s original severance pay policy (1967 policy) rather than under its modified policy (1975 policy) which acted to substantially decrease severance pay benefits. After numerous hearings, the trial court certified the class and held, as a matter of law, that the terms of the 1975 policy were to be applied prospectively only, commencing February 1, 1975, and the plaintiffs were…