Payne v. Rozendaal

The plaintiffs, all former employees or representatives of former employees of Nordic Ford, Inc., commenced an action, in superior court, against the defendants. The plaintiffs claimed in Count I of their complaint that they were discharged from their employment solely on the basis of their age, and that such discharge is in contravention of state law. Pursuant to a motion for summary judgment filed by the defendants, the court dismissed this claim of the plaintiffs because it found no state law in existence at the time of the discharge which would have restricted the defendants’ right to…