Legal Opinion
Henry M. LOPEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 4, 1991No. 1072, Docket 89-7962PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MUKASEY, District Judge:
This appeal arises from the February 6, 1987 discharge from employment of plaintiff-appellant Henry M. Lopez at the end of his 26-week probationary period as a sales representative with defendant-appellee Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“Met-Life”). Before he started work as a probationary employee, appellant entered into a Temporary Special Agency Agreement with Met-Life which required that he place policies generating a cumulative net total of $4,095 in first-year commissions during this 26-week period in order to “validate” his employment contract. Met-Life…
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