Attorneys Peter Berlowe, Daniel Vielleville, and Cristina Vicens successfully defended a motion dismiss brought by Cargill, Inc. regarding Cargill’s payment of Adela Ortega’s employment benefits . Ortega, a 19 year employee of Cargill, was primed to be a top executive after her assignment in the United States. After her position was terminated, Ortega sought benefits due to her as severance. Cargill wanted to pay Ortega based in Venezuelan bolivars while Ortega wanted be paid in U.S. dollars, a major difference in value.
In a recent article in the Daily Business Review (click here for the article), Peter Berlowe stated: “We’re very happy we survived the motion to dismiss, because it shows that this case is not about politics or international law. It’s really an issue of contract. The company claims their guiding principles are keeping and honoring contracts they enter into and doing right by their employees. They ignored both these principles in dealing with our client.”
At one point “Cargill and its Venezuelan affiliate started pointing fingers at each other” when trying to deal with Ortega’s benefits’ claims, stated Daniel Vielleville.
For a detailed review of the case, read the article featured in the Daily Business Review.
Please contact Peter Berlowe or Daniel Vielleville for any questions about the article and for any business litigation and international law concerns.
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