Legal Opinion
Kauffman v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 12, 2008No. 06-CV-1198PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRELL, Associate Judge:
Kauffman sued his employer, International Brotherhood of Teamsters (hereafter IBT), in Superior Court for breach of an agreement to provide him with a monthly housing allowance. IBT had paid Kauffman the allowance starting in 1993, but in April 1996 discontinued it, prompting this suit. IBT defended by arguing in part that, as an at-will employee, Kauff-man had impliedly agreed to elimination of the housing allowance by remaining an employee of IBT for years (namely, three) after the change took effect with his knowledge. The trial court, implicitly relying on our…
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