Legal Opinion
Oross v. Good Samaritan Hospital
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 16, 2002PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for breach of an employment agreement, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Doyle, J.), dated December 7, 2001, which denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.
It is well settled that “[a]bsent an agreement establishing a fixed duration, an employment relationship is presumed to be a hiring at will, terminable at any time for any reason or no reason by either party” (Poplawski…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Fiammetta v. St. Francis HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
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- Fisher-Jackson v. La Guardia HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- Poplawski v. Metropolitan Property & Casualty InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
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