Gavan v. Madison Memorial Hospital

KAROHL, Judge,

Plaintiff-employee, Etta Gavan, appeals from a summary judgment in favor of respondents, employer Madison Memorial Hospital, the hospital trustees and administrator. The petition, in four Counts, alleges that some of the terms of plaintiffs employment are governed by a personnel policy manual; that the manual provides a procedure for discharge which was not followed by defendants; that defendants’ acts were a “breach of promise,” a denial of due process, a breach of the “duty of good faith,” and a denial of plaintiff’s constitutional right of free speech in criticizing her work…