A ‘stay-or-pay’ contract clause is under scrutiny in Wisconsin as Forefront Dermatology S.C., takes legal action against a former part-time employee, Dr. Shenara A. Sexton, of Georgia. Forefront Dermatology S.C., pursued a lawsuit to recoup $820,000 following Sexton’s 90-day notice of resignation prior to the termination of her three-year employment agreement, a sum nearly four times the dermatologist’s part-time earnings, as detailed in a lawsuit the company filed.
As a countermeasure, Sexton’s Atlanta attorneys have mounted a counterclaim indicating that Forefront Dermatology’s legal pursuits are tantamount to forcing “her involuntary servitude to the company”.
The choice to take legal action against Sexton was purportedly not solely to demand repayment. According to Dax Lopez of DelCampo Grayson Lopez, in Dunwoody, this move was aimed “more so to make her an example to other doctors trying to leave.”