Southwest Gas Corp. v. Ahmad

OPINION

By the Court

Springer, J.:

Ahmad recovered a judgment against Southwest for breach of her oral employment contract. The issue in this case is whether or not the parties are bound by a termination clause appearing in the Employee Information and Benefits Handbook provided to Ahmad by Southwest. The district court found that the handbook created employment and contractual rights between the parties and that Southwest violated the contract.

*595There is testimony by Ahmad that she had knowledge of the termination section of the handbook “throughout the length of [her] employment.” The fact that…