Morford v. A. Sulka & Co.

Order of the Supreme Court, New York County, entered July 2, 1980 granting a separate and prior trial on the issue of fraud in the inducement posed by the second affirmative defense set forth in defendant’s amended answer, reversed, on the law, the facts and as a matter of discretion, with costs, and the motion denied. In December, 1974, plaintiff and defendant entered into a letter agreement by the terms of which defendant hired plaintiff as its president and chief operating officer at an annual salary of $50,000. Included in the agreement was a provision that plaintiff could not be…