Legal Opinion

Kulkay v. Allied Central Stores, Inc.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota

Decided December 16, 1986No. CX-86-1220PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HUSPENI, Judge.

Appellant Allied Central Stores, Inc., doing business as Donaldson’s, appeals from an order denying a motion for a new trial. Appellant had terminated the employment of respondent James P. Kulkay, who appellant alleged was an at-will employee. The trial court concluded that appellant’s personnel policy on termination constituted a unilateral employment contract, altering the status of respondent as an at-will employee, and allowed the matter to go to the jury on a breach of contract theory. The jury found that appellant had breached the contract.

Appellant argues that the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Pine River State Bank v. MettilleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1983
  2. Lewis v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1986
  3. Hunt v. IBM Mid America Employees Federal Credit UnionSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1986
  4. Gruenhagen v. LarsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
  5. Midland National Bank of Minneapolis v. PerranoskiSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Hodder v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1988
  2. Lee v. Metropolitan Airport CommissionCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1988
  3. Michaelson v. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 1991
  4. Maurice Hardie and Randy Johnson, Appellants/cross-Appellees v. Cotter and Company, Appellee/cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
  5. James L. Miller v. Certainteed Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, Certainteed Corporation Salaried Employees Pension Plan & TrustCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992

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