Stevens v. Good Samaritan Hospital & Medical Center

The plaintiff filed a complaint alleging that the defendant hospital had agreed orally to hire him as *202an engineer at the rate of $10,200 per year for not less than 15 years. He further alleged that defendant discharged him after five years to his monetary damage. Defendant filed a demurrer which was sustained and plaintiff appeals.

The ground of defendant’s demurrer was that the complaint failed to state a cause of action. Defendant contends tha,t the oral contract cannot be enforced because any evidence of the oral agreement would be excluded by the parol evidence rule. ORS 41.740. The…