Rutherfoord v. Presbyterian-University Hospital

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that cause of action “requires three separate parties; parties to a contract or employment relationship cannot assert this cause of action against each other”
• stating that the existence of a contractual relationship between the plaintiff and a third person is an essential element of tortious interference
• holding hospital and its agents could not conspire to demote and discharge an employee
• finding that an employee handbook containing “disclaimer” language could not form the basis for a breach of contract action since an implied contract was not formed as a matter of law
• noting that agents of a single entity cannot conspire with themselves
• finding “communications among management- level persons concerning [the plaintiff’s] job performance” to be conditionally privileged where they “were necessary for the operation of the [d]epartment”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).