MMR Holding Corp. v. Sweetser

POLOZOLA, District Judge.

This suit arises out of an employment contract dated June 25, 1986, between MMR Holding Corporation (“MMR”), a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Louisiana, and Willard M. Sweetser, Jr. (“Sweetser”), a Virginia resident. Under the “agreement” Sweetser was hired as president of MMR’s “Foley Group Division” which was headquartered in Virginia. The agreement provided, inter alia, that if Sweetser was discharged during the term of the agreement without “substantial and material justification,” he would be due certain severance payments from MMR.…