CAPPIELLO v. RAGEN PRECISION INDUS., INC.


192 N.J. Super. 523 (1984)

471 A.2d 432

ALEXANDER A. CAPPIELLO AND PAULINE CAPPIELLO, HIS WIFE, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. RAGEN PRECISION INDUSTRIES, INC., EUGENE LOPATA AND GEORGE VAN DE WEGH, INDIVIDUALLY, JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided January 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth P. Westreich argued the cause for appellants (Conway & Reiseman, attorneys; Gerald W. Conway and Sanford Silverman, of counsel; Kenneth P. Westreich, on the brief).

Joseph F. Faccone, Jr. argued the cause for respondents (Joseph F. Faccone, Jr., on the brief).

Before Judges MICHELS, KING and DREIER.


The opinion of the court was delivered by DREIER, J.A.D.

Defendants appeal from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff finding plaintiff's employment to have been terminated "maliciously and wrongfully so as to deprive him of a financial benefit." The decision implicates questions of the damages, if any, that are awardable depending upon our characterization of the case as one of breach of contract, abusive discharge of an employee at will, malicious...

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