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· 9/4/1956

Cain v. Allen Electric & Equipment Co.

Citations

  • 78 N.W.2d 296
  • 346 Mich. 568
  • 1956 Mich. LEXIS 346

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that where a defendant fires an employee who has turned in a notice of resignation “[t]o argue that defendant merely ‘accelerated’ plaintiffs departure confuses the actual termination with the reason therefore”
  • affirming judgment that plaintiff was entitled to severance pay promised in employee manual under breach of contract theory because offer of severance pay was made in consideration of employee’s continued service
  • employer's creation in writing of policy to pay severance pay constituted an offer of a contract which the employee had accepted by continuing in the employ of the employer
  • employer’s creation in writing of policy to pay severance pay constituted an oifer of a contract which the employee had accepted by continuing in the employ of the employer
  • promise to pay severance pay

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Judges: Smith, Dethmers, Sharpe, Boyles, Kelly, Carr, Black, Edwards

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