· 9/19/2005
Davis v. Greenwood School District 50
Citations
- 620 S.E.2d 65
- 365 S.C. 629
- 23 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 987
- 2005 S.C. LEXIS 266
How courts have described this case
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- holding teachers' reliance on pay raises if they attained additional certification was not reasonable when district superintendent indicated raise was subject to school board approval
- precluding recovery in promissory estoppel, despite teachers’ reliance upon superintendent’s promise of an incentive payment because the payment was conditioned on the school board’s approval
- holding it is unreasonable to rely on a conditional promise
- affirming a grant summary judgment on the issue of promissory estoppel because the promisees failed to show their reliance was reasonable when they claimed they relied upon a promise for a pay increase but they had been informed the increase was subject to the Board's approval
- “[T]he Statute of Frauds requires that a contract that cannot be performed within one year be in writing and signed by the parties.”
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Judges: Toal, Moore, Waller, Burnett, Pleicones
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