Legal Opinion
Bishopp v. Village of Spring Valley
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 13, 1995PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action to recover damages for wrongful termination of employment, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Rock-land County (Weiner, J.), entered March 23, 1993, which granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff commenced this action to recover damages for wrongful discharge from her position as Village Justice Court Clerk. Thereafter, the Village of Spring Valley and Mayor Joel Rosenthal moved to dismiss the complaint.
New York’s firmly established employment-at-will doctrine is "that where an…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Murphy v. American Home Products Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People Ex Rel. Metropolitan Street Railway Co. v. State Board of Tax CommissionersNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- New York Ex Rel. Metropolitan Street Railway Co. v. New York State Board of Tax CommissionersSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- O'Reilly v. Citibank, N. A.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
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- Correia v. Incorporated VillageAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
- Incorporated Village of Manorhaven v. TonerNew York Supreme Court · 2016