Court Opinion

ID: 9652889
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 17:34:28.402071+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:12:54.670658
License: Public Domain

GUNN, Judge.
I concur in the result reached by the majority opinion but would emphasize the binding effect of the Suggestion Committee’s decision. The rules of the General Motors suggestion plan provide: “The Suggestions Committee decides whether or not suggestions are eligible for awards and determines the amount of each suggestion award paid for adopted suggestions.” Also, “Decisions by the Suggestion Committee are final.”
The foregoing rules give the Suggestion Committee considerable latitude in making its awards. As noted by the majority, there was apparently no caprice involved in the committee’s decision in finding no measurable benefits and awarding the plaintiff $500. Hence, under the rules making the committee’s decision final, no basis exists here for altering its award.