CURTIS v. LEHIGH FOOTWEAR, INC.


516 A.2d 558 (1986)

David CURTIS, et al. v. LEHIGH FOOTWEAR, INC., et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided October 24, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bell & Geores, Martha E. Geores (orally), Michael A. Bell, Lewiston, for plaintiffs.

Thompson, McNaboe & Ashley, Nicholas Bull (orally), Marshall J. Tinkle, Portland, for defendants.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, SCOLNIK and CLIFFORD, JJ.


WATHEN, Justice.

Plaintiffs, thirteen named employees of Loree Footwear Corporation, appeal from an order of the Superior Court (Cumberland County) granting judgment in favor of defendants Lehigh Footwear, Inc. and Lehigh Valley Industries, Inc. Although plaintiffs obtained a judgment against their immediate employer for severance pay, they contend that the definition of "employer" found in 26 M.R.S.A. § 625-B (Supp.1985) includes the parent corporation of wholly...

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