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Employee Files Lawsuit against Asplundh Tree Expert Co. for Breach of Contract
Geoffrey received a job offer of supervisor for the railroad division of Asplundh Tree Expert Co. in early November 2016. The role included a base salary of $100k per year as well as a 15% profit sharing program. Also, a non-compete and confidentiality agreement were written into the same contract, requiring that for a year after finishing his employment with Asplundh he would not engage in “any business that is providing vegetation management services” to railroads, transportation, or municipal corporations.
On November 18, Geoffrey signed the contract. At the beginning of December, he received a letter from Asplundh that confirmed his employment. Geoffrey then worked two years for the company without incident. In January 2018, he resigned from his position.
Soon after, Geoffrey sent Asplundh a letter requesting that he be released from the non-compete in his contract because he’d received a job offer with another company. The new contract was for three years of mechanical cutting and working only with two specific companies. Geoffrey pointed out that his work would not be directly competing with Asplundh since they had failed to win this job in the first place, and he would not be part of contract bidding.
Asplundh refused to release Geoffrey from the contract and threatened to sue him for breach of contract. However, Geoffrey believes that Asplundh failed to uphold their own contract by not paying him base salary for his final year with them. As a client of KM&A, he fights for his rights. KM&A challenges employers who breach employment contracts.
Full text of this complaint, as filed with the Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County, is available at docket no: 2018-22697
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For more information about this case, contact Attorney Michelle Dempsky at 215-475-3567 or at md@lawkm.com.
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