Legal Opinion
Braxton H. Anderson v. Ciba-Geigy Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 1, 1985No. 84-8444PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
The issue in this ERISA action is whether severance pay must be given employees whose corporate subdivision is sold in its entirety to a purchasing corporation, which agrees to retain those employees at their same jobs and salaries, but without accrued seniority rights or vacation benefits. The district court granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment. Plaintiffs appeal. We affirm.
Plaintiffs are all former employees of Ciba-Geigy Corporation. They worked for the REN Telecommunications Division, which was part of the Applied Plastics Division of Ciba-Geigy. As such,…
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