Small v. Chemlawn Corp.

OPINION RE POST-TRIAL MOTIONS

HILLMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Freddie Cox and Richard Small were employed as lawn care specialists by defendant ChemLawn Corporation. Plaintiff Floyd R. Mann was also employed by defendant ChemLawn as manager of the company’s Lansing office. Mann was the immediate supervisor of Small and Cox. On March 23, 1981, the employment relationship between all three plaintiffs .and ChemLawn was terminated. Plaintiffs claim that they were discharged without just cause. Defendant claims that all three resigned voluntarily. At the time plaintiffs’ employment was…