ARDC Corp. v. Hogan

KLEIN, Judge.

A jury found that appellee was entitled to a bonus of $500,000 to be paid by her former employer, Arvida, for her efforts leading to a sale of real estate. Because the proof on which she relied to establish some of the terms of the alleged agreement to pay was oral, rather than written, her claim is barred by the four year statute of limitations applicable to oral contracts. We therefore reverse.

Appellee Hogan was employed full-time by Arvida as director of commercial industrial properties at Weston, in Broward County, where Arvida owned 10,000 acres. It was Hogan’s…