ISS International Service Systems, Inc. v. Widmer

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• restating the general rule “where an agreement consists of a single promise, based on a single consideration, if either is illegal, the whole contract is void”
• finding of bad faith under OCGA § 13-6-11 supported by evidence that defendant terminated senior executive and ignored clear terms of employment agreement simply to avoid having to pay the executive
• finding of bad faith under OCGA § 13-6-11 supported by evidence that defendant terminated senior executive and ignored clear terms of employment agreement simply to avoid having to pay the executive
• “our sole mission on appellate review is to determine whether any evidence supports the jury’s verdict”
• “Under OCGA § 9-9-2 (c) (9), an arbitration clause in an employment contract is unenforceable unless the clause is initialed by all signatories at the time of the execution of the agreement.”
• policy of law is against destruction of contracts on the ground of uncertainty “if it is possible in the light of the circumstances under which the contract was made to determine the reasonable intention of the parties”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).