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ANTHONY J. PELLARIN, Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, Respondent, et al., Defendant.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

Special Term properly dismissed the third cause of action, alleging that the plaintiff had been wrongfully terminated from his employment by the respondent, because it did not meet the pleading requirements set forth in Weiner v. McGraw-Hill ( 57 N.Y.2d 458). Specifically, we note that the plaintiff's written employment contract indicated that he was a month-to-month employee, and provided that the agreement could only be altered by another written and signed document. Further, the personnel memoranda upon which the plaintiff relied merely presented suggested guidelines and general directives which could not have been intended as a binding promise to dismiss only upon just cause.

In addition, the first and fourth causes of action were properly dismissed by reason of their untimeliness, as noted in a prior order of the same court, dated January 31, 1984, which dismissed those causes of action against the respondent's codefendant.

Finally, the second cause of action was also properly dismissed. The respondent established that all the moneys owing to the plaintiff had been paid to him and the plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact with respect to any overtime moneys allegedly owed to him. Rubin, J.P., Lawrence, Kooper and Spatt, JJ., concur.

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PELLARIN v. GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORP
(Feb 9, 1987)