Legal Opinion
Norman S. Adams v. Avondale Industries, Inc. Connell Industries, Inc. Connell Limited Partnership
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 15, 1990No. 89-3634PublishedCited by 141 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RALPH B. GUY, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs, 40 salaried employees of the Ortner Freight Car Facility in Mount Orab, Ohio, appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment on their claim against Avondale Industries, Inc., 1 the former owner of the Ortner facility. The claim arose from Avondale’s sale of Ortner to a third party, Trinity Industries, Inc., and Avon-dale’s subsequent refusal to pay either accrued vacation pay or severance benefits to the employees who remained at the facility. Finding that before the sale Avondale had amended its severance plan to deprive the plaintiffs of…
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