Prescott v. Farmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that South Carolina recognizes the doctrine of employment at-will
• noting a unilateral contract requires a specific offer communicated to the employee
• “Of course, an employer and employee may choose to contractually alter the general rule of employment at-will[.]”
• “termination of an at-will employee normally does not give rise to a cause of action for breach of contract”
• “In order to prove the existence of a definite contract of employment, the employee must establish all of the elements of a contract.”
• “Of course, an employer and employee may choose to contractually alter the general rule of employment at will and restrict their freedom to discharge without cause or to resign with impunity”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).