Federal Express Corp. v. Dutschmann

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the employee had no legitimate expectation in continued employment because the employment manual contained a provision stating that nothing in the document created any contractual rights “regarding termination or otherwise”
• holding that recovery of exemplary damages requires finding of independent tort and accompanying damages
• holding that recovery of exemplary damages requires finding of independent tort and accompanying damages
• holding that recovery of exemplary damages requires finding of independent tort and accompanying damages
• concluding that a disclaimer in the Federal Express employee handbook, which stated the handbook was not a contract and did not create contractual rights, negated any implication that the manual placed a restriction on the at-will employment relationship
• holding that the employee had no legitimate expectation in continued employment because the employment manual contained a provision stating that nothing in the document created any contractual rights “regarding termination or otherwise”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).