Legal Opinion
Scott v. Lane
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided January 22, 1982No. 80-476PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
What constitutes sufficient consideration to prevent a contract of permanent employment from being terminable at the will of the employer? That is the sole issue presented by this appeal.
Plaintiff/appellant, Dorothy Mae Scott, filed a suit against several doctors and Mobile Anesthesiologists, an unincorporated association, in which she claimed that they had offered her permanent employment if she would resign from her employment with two other doctors.1
As is apparent from the allegations of the complaint, which are set out in the footnote, the plaintiff claimed that the defendants offered her…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Carnig v. CarrMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
- Alabama Mills, Inc. v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
- Carney v. New York Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Arentz v. Morse Dry Dock & Repair Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Heaman v. E. N. Rowell Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1933
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Harrell v. Reynolds Metals Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1986
- Lee v. City of GadsdenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1992
- Bates v. Jim Walter Resources, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1982
- Ex Parte ScottSupreme Court of Alabama · 1982
- Chastain v. Kelly-Springfield Tire Co.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
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