Herman Vogel v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

TAMM, Circuit Judge:

In this action defendant-appellant Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (“WMATA”) appeals from a district court judgment granting plaintiff-appellee, Herman Vogel (Vogel), a $10,000 bonus and $3,928.80 in severance pay. The appellant raises essentially the following issues on appeal: (1) whether the trial court erred in finding that the D.C. Transit System, Inc. and Vogel intended to extend the latter’s written employment contract after its expiration in 1971 and that WMATA assumed this same contractual obligation in 1973; and (2) whether the trial court erred in…