Ligon Specialized Hauler, Inc. v. Smith

COMBS, Judge.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Hopkins Circuit Court, which held that appellant fraudulently induced appellees to enter into an employment contract.

Appellee, Joseph Smith, is a truck driver. Prior to 1979, appellee worked for White Star Trucking Company in Michigan for more than twenty-five years. White Star is a union company, so appellee enjoyed the fruits of the collective bargaining agreement and accumulated pension benefits during that time. Around 1979, appellee decided to seek new employment because White Star would not allow him to take his wife on the road.…