Legal Opinion
Trerotola v. Cotter
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 20, 1991No. 90-211PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge:
In this employment contract dispute a jury awarded plaintiff-appellee, John Joseph Cotter, $8,500 and interest against his former employer, defendant-appellant Eastern Conference of Teamsters, and its international director, defendant-appellant Joseph Trerotola. The jury found that appellants had breached a unilateral, implied-in-fact contract in refusing to pay Cotter a retirement gift. This appeal focuses on whether the trial court erred in refusing to dismiss the complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction. Concluding that the court did err in this respect, we…
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