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).