Sawyer, et al. v. E I DuPont de Nemours & Co, No. 11-40454 (5th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CasePlaintiffs, 64 former employees of DuPont who worked at the company's manufacturing facility in La Porte, Texas, filed suit against DuPont alleging that they were fraudulently induced to terminate their employment with DuPont and accept employment with a wholly owned subsidiary. The district court granted summary judgment dismissing the claims and entered a take-nothing final judgment in favor of DuPont. The court deferred to the Texas appellate courts and concluded that the 60 day termination clause at issue rendered the covered employees' employment with DuPont at-will for the purpose of Texas law. Accordingly, they could not bring fraud claims against DuPont for loss of their employment and therefore, the court affirmed the judgment.
The court issued a subsequent related opinion or order on July 27, 2012.
The court issued a subsequent related opinion or order on June 11, 2014.
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