· 4/19/2004
Salazar v. Citadel Communications Corp.
Citations
- 90 P.3d 466
- 135 N.M. 447
- 2004 NMSC 013
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- concluding that an arbitration agreement “annexed” to an employee handbook was an unenforceable illusory promise because the employer reserved the right to modify any provision of the handbook
- stating that “courts look to general state contract law’.’ to decide legal questions concerning arbitration agreements
- stating that “courts look to general state contract law” to decide legal questions concerning arbitration agreements
- explaining that an employee handbook which gave an employer a unilateral right to modify any handbook provision, with no limitations, is an illusory and unenforceable promise
- noting “the rule, oft-repeated in this state, that we construe ambiguous adhesion contracts against the drafter”
- employee supposedly obligated to arbitrate, but employer not obligated to do so; arbitration agreement held illusory
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Judges: Chávez, Maes, Serna, Bosson
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