Legal Opinion
Noonan v. Staples, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 21, 2008No. 07-2159PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Alan S. Noonan was fired from his job as a salesman at Staples, Inc. for allegedly padding expense reports. A Staples executive then sent a mass e-mail to about 1,500 employees informing them that Noo-nan had been fired for violating the company’s travel and expense policy. Staples also denied Noonan his severance benefits and refused to allow him to exercise his stock options, claiming that, under the terms of the agreements setting forth the right to these benefits, Noonan was ineligible because he had been fired “for cause.” Noonan sued Staples in Massachusetts…
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