· 6/24/1991
Cashdollar v. Mercy Hospital
Citations
- 595 A.2d 70
- 406 Pa. Super. 606
- 1991 Pa. Super. LEXIS 1806
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- holding that employment was not at-will and employer could not discharge employee without just cause for a reasonable (continued…
- stating that “[i]n our view the ‘maximum possible recovery’ approach is more appropriate in a remittitur context, because it comes closer to approximating the decision made by the jury”
- affirming the trial court's denial of judgment notwithstanding the verdict where a jury concluded that similar evidence was sufficient to overcome the presumption of at-will employment
- affirming the trial court’s denial of judgment notwithstanding the verdict where a jury concluded that similar evidence was sufficient to overcome the presumption of at-will employment
- upholding verdict of substantial hardship when “special circumstances” of plaintiff selling his house, uprooting his pregnant wife and child to move to new state for new job, from which he was fired after sixteen days
- upholding verdict of substantial hardship when “special circumstances” of plaintiff selling his house, uprooting his pregnant wife and child to move to new state for new job, from which he was fired after sixteen days
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Judges: Rowley, Wieand, Hoffman
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