Farnum v. Brattleboro Retreat, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that where the provisions of the employee handbook sent “mixed messages,” question of whether the handbook created an implied contract was properly submitted to the jury
• construing handbooks stating “the Handbook does not constitute a contract of employment,” and “all terminations are made at [employer’s] discretion.”
• affirming court’s denial of mistrial based on one juror’s comment where juror was excused and all others indicated they were not influenced by the comment
• whether employee could be discharged without cause where contents of three handbooks contained mixed messages was question for jury
• “The mere inclusion of boilerplate language providing that the employee relationship is at will cannot negate any implied contract and procedural protections created by an employee handbook.”
• “if any evidence fairly or reasonably supports nonmoving party’s claim, judgment notwithstanding verdict would be improper”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).