· 7/15/1987
Sanchez v. the New Mexican
Citations
- 738 P.2d 1321
- 106 N.M. 76
How courts have described this case
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- holding that employee's discharge was not as a matter of law retaliatory
- recounting that, under New Mexico law, unless there is an explicit contract of employment stating otherwise, employment is terminable \at will\
- holding that employee’s discharge was not as a matter of law retaliatory
- recounting that, under New Mexico law, unless there is an explicit contract of employment stating otherwise, employment is terminable “at will”
- finding that an employee’s manual was too general and lacked the specificity required to create an implied contract for employment
- finding that a manual of a non-promissory nature that merely declared the employer’s general approach to a subject matter could not rise to the level of specificity necessary to create an implied contract
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Judges: Sosa, Scarborough, Walters
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