Murray v. Bridgeport Hospital

The plaintiff was discharged from employment at the defendant Bridgeport Hospital. The employment contract was for an indefinite duration and was terminable at will. The defendant now moves the court to strike the second count, the fourth count and the fifth count of the plaintiff’s complaint.

As a general rule, contracts of permanent employment, or for an indefinite term, are terminable at will, reflecting the view that an employer has the absolute right to run his business as he sees fit. Somers v. Cooley Chevrolet Co., 146 Conn. 627, 629, 153 A.2d 426 (1959). In Sheets v. Teddy’s Frosted…