Legal Opinion
Sejman v. Warner-Lambert Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 24, 1989No. Nos. 88-2606, 88-2607PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
These cases, consolidated on a prior appeal, arose from two suits brought against Warner-Lambert by former employees seeking severance pay from that company. We affirm the judgment of the district court that appellants have no entitlement to severance benefits under Warner-Lambert’s severance policy. They must look instead to the severance policy of the company to whom their division was sold and for whom they continued to work.
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Appellants worked in the Medical-Surgical Division of Warner-Lambert. That division was sold by Warner-Lambert as a going concern on January…
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