Defendant's Attorney: Not Available

Description: Denver, Colorado employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a refusal to pay severance benefits.

David Hoff sought benefits under Anadarko Petroleum’s severance plan
following the company’s acquisition by Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) in 2019. He
resigned, claiming his job duties were substantially reduced after the acquisition.
Under the severance plan, an employee could leave Oxy the first year after the
acquisition so long as the employee’s job duties had been “materially” an2
“adversely” diminished from what they were prior to the acquisition. Oxy, however,
denied him benefits on the ground that his resignation was not supported by the
change in his job duties.

Hoff sued in federal court and the district court sided with him, finding that his
job duties and responsibilities were materially and adversely diminished after the
acquisition.

Outcome: Affirmed.

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