Legal Opinion
De Petris v. Union Settlement Ass'n
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 24, 1995PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Kaye.
At issue on this appeal is whether a discharged employee’s CPLR article 78 petition, claiming wrongful termination for failure to comply with procedures set out in an employee manual, was correctly dismissed. We conclude, as did the Appellate Division, that it was.
In 1972, petitioner, Dr. Pasquale De Petris, joined the James Weldon Johnson Counseling Center, a provider of outpatient mental health services in East Harlem, as a staff psychologist. He continued to hold that position when in 1982 respondent, Union Settlement Association, a private nonprofit…
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