Martin v. Mann Merchandising, Inc.

McCLOUD, Chief Justice.

This is a summary judgment case. Plaintiff, Gordon Martin, sued defendant, Mann Merchandising, Inc., plaintiffs former employer, seeking severance and vacation pay. Plaintiff alleged that defendant represented to him that its policy was to pay one week’s severance pay for each year of service and two weeks’ vacation in the event his employment with defendant was terminated. Plaintiff pleaded he had been employed under an oral agreement for a period of more than eleven years and upon termination he was paid only one half of the severance and vacation pay he was entitled…