Legal Opinion
Alston v. BROWN TRANSPORT CORPORATION
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 19, 1987No. 73608PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Carley, Judge.
Appellant-plaintiffs are current and former employees of appellee-defendant Brown Transport Corporation. Count 1 of appellants’ complaint alleged that agents for appellee had made fraudulent oral misrepresentations in order to induce them to accept or maintain employment with appellee. In Count 2, appellants asserted a breach of contract claim based upon appellee’s failure to perform according to the alleged oral promises.
Appellee moved for summary judgment. The undisputed evidence showed that appellants were hired by appellee as “casual” dockworkers and that they had never…
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- Walker v. General Motors Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
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