2nd Circuit Upholds Vermont District Court’s Award of Quantum Meruit Damages to Man Who Worked in His Former Same-Sex Partner’s Business Without Salary During Their Relationship

Ruling in Cressy v. Proctor, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 21973, 2016 WL 7195814 (Dec. 12, 2016), the 2nd Circuit found that U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III (D. Vt.) did not abuse his discretion in awarding equitable relief on the theory of quantum meruit to Ronald Cressy, who had worked for many years in his partner Kevin Proctor’s business without formal compensation, and who sought payment after the men’s relationship ended, or in … <Read More>