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Case Name Faigin v. Signature Group Holdings, Inc.
Date 12/05/2012
Note Fremont General's former general counsel won a $1.35 million breach of employment contract suit against its successor, after an appellate court agreed that he was terminated without good cause.
Citation B224598
WCC Citation WCC 39552012 CA
FAIGIN v. SIGNATURE GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. ALAN W. FAIGIN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SIGNATURE GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. , Defendant and Appellant. Signature Group Holdings, Inc. , formerly known as Fremont Reorganizing Corporation (FRC), appeals a judgment awarding Alan W. Faigin $1,347,000 in damages for breach of an implied-in-fact agreement to terminate his employment only for good cause. When the FRC board of directors considered hiring a new management group, Faigin informed the directors and major shareholders of his objections to the proposal. The new management group was formally appointed to FRC in December 2007, including a President, a Chief Executive Officer and a General Counsel replacing Faigin in those positions. FRC argued that any employment relationship between Faigin and FRC must be based on FRC's conduct rather than Fremont General's conduct.

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