In re the Accounting of Mascher

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• holding that an employment agreement “whether terminable at will or only for just cause, is not one which, ‘by its terms’, could not be performed within one year and, therefore, is not one which is barred”
• plaintiff rejected other job offers relying on job security provisions of handbook and was instructed to follow handbook when dealing with employees he supervised
• handbook indicated that employer would resort to dismissal for “just and suf ficient cause only”
• cause of action can be based on oral assurance that employee would not be discharged without cause
• handbook indicated that employer would resort to dismissal for \just and sufficient cause only\
• “[F]orbearance to do an act that a person has a legal right to do constitutes consideration.”

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