Legal Opinion
Angst v. Mack Trucks, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 17, 1992No. Nos. 91-1791 and 91-1843PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GARTH, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, we must determine the law to apply to a suit brought by employees of Mack Trucks, Inc., (“Mack”), who allege that Mack breached its contractual obligation, under a “buyout plan,” to pay departing employees a lump sum of $75,000 and a year of continued benefits in exchange for the employees voluntarily leaving Mack’s employ.
The district court applied state contract law in holding that Mack’s buyout plan constituted a contract with accepting employees, which had been breached. We agree with the district court that the buyout plan, which…
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