Green v. CDO Technologies, Inc.

Citations

• 2021 Ohio 1603

Syllabus

Appellee-company terminated appellant's employment, and the parties subsequently entered into a settlement agreement in litigation related to the termination. Pursuant to the settlement agreement, the company gave appellant $45,000 and a letter of recommendation stating that her termination was due to a workforce reduction, and appellant dismissed her employment-related claims against the company. Appellant later filed a claim alleging that the company had disparaged her to potential future employers in violation of the separation agreement. The trial court properly granted the company's motion to dismiss appellant's claim for breach of the parties' settlement agreement because, although the agreement included a clause that appellant could not disparage the company, it did not contain a no-disparagement provision applicable to the company. Accordingly, appellant failed to state a claim for breach of contract based upon the company's alleged disparagement of her. Judgment affirmed.