A federal judge ruled this week that Taronis Fuels general counsel Tyler Wilson’s May 2021 resignation was not for “good reason” and therefore he is not entitled to the $1.8 million in severance he was seeking.

Wilson filed suit last year, arguing that the Peoria, Arizona-based company drastically reduced his duties. That amounted to a “sustained and material reduction” in his job responsibilities, the standard for triggering the good-reason clause and paying out severance.