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Michigan Supreme Court· 6/10/1980

Toussaint v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield

Citations

  • 292 N.W.2d 880
  • 408 Mich. 579
  • 1980 Mich. LEXIS 227
  • 115 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 4708

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that policy statements can give rise to contractual rights without evidence that the parties mutually agreed that the policy statements created such rights
  • reasoning that an employer’s oral statements coupled with its policy manuals could create an employment contract
  • making employer policies and procedures a legally enforceable part of an employment relationship if such policies and procedures instill “legitimate expectations” of job security
  • making employer policies and procedures a legally enforceable part of an employment relationship if such policies and procedures instill \legitimate expectations\ of job security
  • distinguishing “satisfaction” contract in which only good faith review is possible from “just cause” contract
  • Having first resolved the question of whether a contract existed under which the employee could be terminated only for cause, the jury could then determine the reason for the discharge and whether the contract was breached

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Judges: Blair, Coleman, Fitzgerald, Kavanagh, Levin, Moody, Ryan, Williams

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