WANAMAKER v. COLUMBIAN ROPE CO.

No. 159, Docket 95-9246.

108 F.3d 462 (1997)

Giles A. WANAMAKER, Appellant, v. COLUMBIAN ROPE COMPANY, George R. Metcalf, Richard W. Cook, D. Barton Chapman, Tristan E. Beplat, Robert W. Seidler, Stephen G. Ludt, S. Warren Metcalf, And Hancock & Eastabrook, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 10, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Giles A. Wanamaker, Skaneateles, NY, pro se.

David E. Peebles, Hancock & Eastabrook, Syracuse, NY, for Appellees.

Before: NEWMAN, Chief Judge, CARDAMONE, and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges.


McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.

Columbian Rope Company ("Columbian") hired Giles Wanamaker twenty-three years ago as in-house counsel. There was neither a formal employment contract, nor a definite term of employment, although there was a written agreement that, if a decision to terminate should be made, Columbian would retain Wanamaker on the payroll for six months. Wanamaker claims, however, that he was given oral assurances...

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