Demerath v. Nestle Co., Inc.

Lois Demerath and other former employees of The Nestle Company appeal the summary judgment denying their claim for severance pay under a company personnel policy upon Nestle’s sale of its White Clover Dairy operation. Nestle refused to give severance pay because the employees were immediately hired by the plant’s new owners to substantially equivalent positions at the same salary. The former employees argue that the trial court misinterpreted the severance pay policy and that, properly interpreted, the policy provided for severance pay under these circumstances. Because we conclude that the…