Nattini v. Dewey
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Moore
- Status — whether other courts must follow this ruling
- Published
- Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
- appeal
- State
- California
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Claim Types
Outcome
The California Court of Appeal affirmed the $4,997.46 contract-damages judgment for the managers and caretakers against the owners of the Arrowhead Alpine Club. The court upheld findings that the workers were discharged without contractual cause or adequate notice and rejected the owners' argument that later winter conditions ended their compensation obligation.
Excerpt
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. A.K. Wylie, Judge. [fn*] Affirmed. Action for damages for wrongful termination of a contract of employment. Judgment for plaintiffs affirmed. [fn*] Assigned by Chairman of Judicial Council.
What This Ruling Means
The Nattinis were employed as managers of the Arrowhead Alpine Club under a written one-year contract; they sued the Deweys after being discharged on October 5, 1943, without the contractually required two weeks' notice. The California Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court's judgment of $4,997.46 in favor of the Nattinis, finding that the Deweys failed to prove that continued operation was impractical under the contract's termination clause, and that snow conditions were not pleaded as a defense and did not qualify as a triggering "other condition" under that clause. The court further found that the Deweys' hiring of replacement managers after the discharge confirmed their ongoing obligation to the Nattinis for the remainder of the contract term.
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