Employees who alleged they remained in their jobs after the employer made oral promises of a bonus upon completion of the sale of the company, which bonus was never paid, had adequately pled claims for promissory fraud (concealment), breach of contract and promissory estoppel, the California Court of Appeal has ruled, reversing dismissal of those causes of action. Moncada et al. v. West Coast Quartz Corp. et al., No. H036728 (Cal. Ct. App. Nov. 22, 2013). However, the Court affirmed the dismissal of the employees’ claims for intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent misrepresentation, and equitable estoppel.
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