Legal Opinion

Orr v. Westminster Village North, Inc.

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided June 8, 1995No. 49A02-9311-CV-634PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

KIRSCH, Judge.

Lee Orr, Alfred Smith, and William Robinson appeal the adverse entry of summary judgment in their suit for wrongful discharge against Westminster Village North, Inc. Orr, Smith and Robinson (collectively, the Employees) raise the following consolidated and restated issues:

1. Whether Westminster's discharge of the Employees violated its employment contract with them?

2. Whether IC 22-6-3-1 creates an exception to the employment at will, doctrine?

We reverse.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The evidence most favorable to the non-movant Employees shows that they were employed as…

2Cases cited40 opinions

  1. Duldulao v. Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital CenterIllinois Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Frampton v. Central Indiana Gas CompanyIndiana Supreme Court · 1973
  3. Martin v. Federal Life Insurance Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1982
  4. McClanahan v. Remington Freight Lines, Inc.Indiana Supreme Court · 1988
  5. Scott v. Bodor, Inc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1991

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Gibson v. Neighborhood Health Clinics, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
  2. Orr v. Westminster Village North, Inc.Indiana Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Chesterfield Management, Inc. v. CookIndiana Court of Appeals · 1995
  4. Geiger v. Ryan's Family Steak Houses, Inc.District Court, S.D. Indiana · 2001
  5. Bentz Metal Products Co., Inc. v. StephansIndiana Court of Appeals · 1995

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