Legal Opinion

Wright v. Honda of America Manufacturing, Inc.

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided August 30, 1995No. 94-982PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Francis E. Sweeney, Sr., J.

In this appeal, we must decide whether this was an appropriate case for summary judgment. To answer this question, we need to determine whether appellant is an employee-at-will, as the lower courts found, or whether there exists a genuine issue of material fact to support appellant’s position that there was an implied contract of employment which limited appellee’s right to terminate her.4 For the following reasons, we find that summary judgment was inappropriate, as sufficient evidence was presented to rebut the employment-at-will presumption and to raise a genuine…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Turner v. TurnerOhio Supreme Court · 1993
  2. Mers v. Dispatch Printing Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1985
  3. Henkel v. Educational Research Council of AmericaOhio Supreme Court · 1976
  4. Jackson v. Kings IslandOhio Supreme Court · 1979
  5. Kelly v. Georgia-Pacific Corp.Ohio Supreme Court · 1989

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Byrd v. SmithOhio Supreme Court · 2006
  2. Trepka v. Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2002
  3. Thatcher v. Goodwill Industries of AkronOhio Court of Appeals · 1997
  4. Lawson v. Ak Steel Corp.Ohio Court of Appeals · 1997
  5. Finsterwald-Maiden v. AAA South Central OhioOhio Court of Appeals · 1996

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