Lambert v. Equinox House, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that an employee seeking to recover damages for breach of contract had the burden of proving every element
• approving jury instruction allocating burden of proving terms and plaintiffs compliance with contract to plaintiff, and rejecting instruction that plaintiff is presumed to have performed under contract and the burden of proving just cause to terminate fell to the employer
• approving jury instruction allocating burden of proving terms and plaintiff’s compliance with contract to plaintiff, and rejecting instruction that plaintiff is presumed to have performed under contract and the burden of proving just cause to terminate fell to the employer
• employer must show just cause for discharge of an employee before expiration of contract for hire term
• employee must “prove his faithful performance” of employment contract
• unemployment compensation in employment contract

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).