Bloomberg Law
April 25, 2019, 2:35 PM UTC

In-House Lawyer for Linde Advances $112K Exec Comp Suit

Jacklyn Wille
Jacklyn Wille
Reporter

A former in-house lawyer for industrial gas manufacturer Linde North America can move forward with part of his lawsuit claiming the company shorted him about $112,000 in compensation after he settled a potential whistleblower claim.

Linde may have breached a unilateral contract with Mark Weller when it calculated his benefits under an executive compensation plan without reference to a $1 million settlement Weller received from the company, Chief Judge Jose L. Linares of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey held April 24.

But Weller can’t sue Linde under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, because the ...

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