Rowe v. Montgomery Ward & Co.

I agree with the affirmance of the decision of the Court of Appeals and parts i, ii and m of Justice Riley’s opinion.1 Plaintiff’s proofs are insufficient to support the inference of a promise of termination only for just cause.

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I read part i of the opinion to stand for the *663proposition that plaintiff’s proofs are insufficient to permit a reasonable juror to find that the employer made a commitment that a reasonable promisee would believe amounted to a promise of termination only for just cause.2

The employment-at-will rule reflected a policy judgment that informal promises of informal…