Karnes v. Doctors Hospital

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that an employee handbook provided with the disclaimer “for informational purposes only” did not constitute an employment contract
• finding it also relevant that the employee conceded that she never viewed the manual as a binding contract
• finding no binding contract where employee manual disclaimed intent to create a contractual relationship and employee denied that the handbook was the product of negotiation between her and her employer
• “The manual specifically disclaims any intent to create a contractual relationship . . . [a]ccordingly, the status of appellant cannot be characterized as that of a contract employee
• “The manual specifically disclaims any intent to create a contractual relationship between employer and employee and the language of the receipt signed by appellant further underscores that no such construction was intended.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

37 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Unnamed case
  Sixth Circuit· 2000-03-14· cited 363×
• Russ v. TRW, Inc.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1991-04-24· cited 161×
• Olympic Holding Co., L.L.C. v. ACE Ltd.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2009-05-07· cited 79×
• A N Bros. Corp. v. Total Quality Logistics, L.L.C.
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2016-02-16· cited 21×
• Chipman v. Northwest Healthcare Corp.
  Montana Supreme Court· 2014-01-21· cited 16×
• Simon Property Group, L.P. v. Kill
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2010-04-05· cited 10×
• Zapata Real Estate, L.L.C. v. Monty Realty, Ltd.
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2014-12-18· cited 10×
• Senter v. Hillside Acres Nursing Center of Willard, Inc.
  N.D. Ohio· 2004-09-14· cited 9×
• Ringhand v. Chaney
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2014-08-25· cited 9×
• Mechanical Contractors Ass'n v. University of Cincinnati
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2003-04-10· cited 9×
• Terrell v. Uniscribe Professional Services, Inc.
  N.D. Ohio· 2004-11-10· cited 8×
• Rucker v. Everen Securities, Inc.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2004-07-28· cited 7×
• Miller v. Med. Mut. of Ohio
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2013-07-18· cited 6×
• Swank v. Swank
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2011-12-30· cited 5×
• Moellering Industries, Inc. v. Nalagatla
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2013-09-16· cited 5×
• Marion v. Hoffman
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2010-10-04· cited 4×
• Bank of America, N.A. v. Corporex Realty & Investment, LLC
  E.D. Kentucky· 2012-06-19· cited 4×
• Mumaw v. Dollar General Corp.
  S.D. Ohio· 1998-01-05· cited 3×
• Atkinson v. City of Dayton
  S.D. Ohio· 1998-11-10· cited 2×
• Sims v. Midvale
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2012-12-18· cited 2×

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Mers v. Dispatch Printing Co.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1985-08-09· cited 488×
• Kelly v. Georgia-Pacific Corp.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1989-10-25· cited 88×
• Talley v. Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, & Helpers, Local No. 377
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1976-12-01· cited 82×