Forfeiture of pension rights

Manowitz v. Senter

Commercial Law

62 A.D.2d 898, 406 N.Y.S.2d 466 (1st Dept. 1978), app. dismd. 45 N.Y.2d 819, 381 N.E.2d 607, 409 N.Y.S.2d 209 (1978)

The appellate court held that a retired employee could not have his pension rights forfeited when he later engaged in business activities that competed with his former employer.