Johnson v. Figgie International, Inc.

Plaintiff, Charles E. Johnson, filed a complaint for declaratory judgment, seeking to recover deferred bonus payments, as outlined in a written compensation plan, from defendant, Figgie International, Inc., Rawlings Sporting Goods Division (Rawlings). The plaintiff moved for summary judgement seeking the relief requested in the complaint. The trial court granted summary judgment to plaintiff, finding that the compensation plan constituted a written contract which clearly and unambiguously stated the basis for an employee’s compensation and thus refusing defendant’s extrinsic evidence…