United States First Circuit

In dispute in which plaintiff-employee sought to recover a bonus due to him, alleging that defendant-employer terminated him without good cause: 1) judgment for plaintiff on the breach of contract claim is reversed, where defendant's Committee had unfettered discretion in matters such as the eligibility decision at issue here, and the Committee's determination that plaintiff was terminated for good cause made him ineligible for the bonus; and 2) summary judgment to defendant on plaintiff's Massachusetts Wage Act claim is affirmed, where because defendant was under no obligation to pay the bonus, plaintiff was not deprived of wages that he earned.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/03/2013
• Published 06/03/2013

Judges

• HOWARD

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel