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· 7/7/1994

Claudine Robinson v. Ada S. McKinley Community Services, Inc., an Illinois Corporation

Citations

  • 19 F.3d 359
  • 1994 WL 88393

How courts have described this case

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  • applying Illinois law and concluding that acceptance and consideration for modification of manual cannot be inferred from employee’s continued work
  • where continuing to work merely constituted performance under the original contract, continued work did not show acceptance of or consideration for modification of the contract
  • where continuing to work merely constituted performance under the original contract, continued work did not show acceptance of or consideration for modification of the contract
  • employer's issuance of a revised employee handbook containing a disclaimer did not have the effect of modifying an original employment contract in the absence of a bargained-for exchange
  • Under Illinois law acceptance and consideration \cannot be inferred from [employee's] continued work\; there must be some benefit to employee, detriment to employer, or employee's continued work under new manual must have been bargained-for exchange.
  • Under Illinois law acceptance and consideration “cannot be inferred from [employee’s] continued work”; there must be some benefit to employee, detriment to employer, or employee’s continued work under new manual must have been bargained-for exchange.

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Judges: Posner, Rovner, Mihm

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