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LEODORI v. CIGNA CORP.

814 A.2d 1098 (2003)

175 N.J. 293

Paul LEODORI, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. CIGNA CORPORATION, CIGNA Insurance Company, Insurance Company of North America, Wilson Taylor, Thomas Wagner, Gerald Isom, James Engel, John Murphy, David Gold, Beverly Sherbondy, Stephanie Middleton, Anthony Smith, Alfred Decrane, James J. Ritchie and Robert Campbell, Defendants-Appellants, and John Does 1-5, and ABC Corporations 1-5, said individuals and corporations being fictitious, Defendants. Paul Leodori, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. CIGNA Corporation, CIGNA Insurance Company and Insurance Company of North America, Defendants-Appellants, and Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, LLP, Arlin Adams, Lisa Detweiler, Wilson Taylor, Thomas Wagner, Gerald Isom, James Engel, John Murphy, David Gold, Beverly Sherbondy, Stephanie Middleton, Anthony Smith, James J. Ritchie, Robert Campbell, Dennis Kane, Alfred Decrane, Peter Larson, Joseph Neubauer, Harold Wagner, Carol Cox Wait, John Does 1-10 and ABC Corporations 1-10, said individuals and corporations being fictitious, Defendants.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided February 13, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward T. Ellis, Philadelphia, PA and Michael K. Furey, argued the cause for appellants (Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti, Morristown, for CIGNA Corporation, Wilson Taylor, Thomas Wagner, Gerald Isom, John Murphy, Beverly Sherbondy, Stephanie Middleton, Anthony Smith, Alfred Decrane, James J. Ritchie and Robert Campbell and Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, for CIGNA Insurance Company, Insurance Company of North America, James Engel and David Gold, attorneys; Mr. Ellis, Mr. Furey, Janice Greenberg Dubler and Michael H. Wilck, Morristown, on the briefs).

Paul Leodori, argued the cause pro se.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by VERNIERO, J.

This is an employment action. Plaintiff alleges that his employer fired him in violation of the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act, N.J.S.A. 34:19-1 to -8 (CEPA). The merit of that allegation is not before us. We are called on solely to evaluate the enforceability of a waiver-of-rights provision contained in an employee handbook distributed by defendant. That provision requires employees to...

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