MOROSETTI v. LA. LAND AND EXPLORATION


522 Pa. 492 (1989)

564 A.2d 151

James MOROSETTI, George Silvat, Robert Polis, Robert Neal, Edward Schmude, and William D. Wilson, individually and on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Appellants at No. 66, v. The LOUISIANA LAND AND EXPLORATION COMPANY, and H.M. Copper, Inc., formerly Hussey Metals, Inc., Appellants at No. 65.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 15, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E.J. Strassburger, Strassburger, McKenna, Gutnick & Potter, Pittsburgh, Thomas H.M. Hough, Hough & Gleason, P.C., Poughkeepsie, for appellants.

Jeffrey I. Pasek, for Pa. Chamber of Business and Industry Amicus Curiae.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.


OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

The class action plaintiffs in this case were employees of the Hussey Company. The Hussey Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the appellant, was sold in May 1984. When the sale was consummated, the employees were offered either new positions with the purchasers or up to a maximum of twenty-six weeks severance pay for each year of service. The class plaintiffs chose to accept employment with the purchasing company and now claim...

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