MacE v. Conde Nast Publications, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating an assignment does not vitiate the duties of the original obligor without consent from the obligee
• “‘Novation’…requires proof that the one in the position of creditor…had accepted a new debtor…in the place of the” old debtor. (internal citation omitted)
• the jury found that there was no novation
• lump sum severance payment does not constitute remuneration payable periodically
• Novation “requires proof that the one in the position of creditor, in this case the plaintiffs, had accepted a new debtor ... in the place of the defendant to which they would look for fulfilment of the severance pay obligation owing to them.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).