Updated November 2023: Plastics Industry Association, Radoszewski file paperwork to settle legal battles
The ousted former CEO of the Plastics Industry Association is pushing back in court over his firing, disputing claims that he violated his employment agreement by not relocating to the Washington, D.C., metro area where the organization is based.
In an Aug. 2 filing in federal court in Dallas, Tony Radoszewski said the global pandemic and his dismissal kept him from relocating from his longtime home in Texas, and he argued that his immediate predecessor in the job lived in Florida while he ran the association.
Radoszewski and the association are embroiled in separate court cases in Texas and Washington over his termination. He was fired as CEO in late March.
Radoszewski argues in lawsuits he filed in Texas that he's owed more than $600,000 in salary, bonus and unreimbursed business expenses because he was let go without cause.
The plastics association, however, contends in a separate case it brought in federal court in the District of Columbia that Radoszewski violated his employment agreement by not moving to the Washington metro area and that he owes the organization $163,000 for improperly paid expenses, including a one-time relocation bonus of $135,000.
The two parties are arguing over whether the cases should be combined and where they should be tried.