Ferring v. Merrill Lynch & Co.

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Barbara Kapnick, J.), entered April 8, 1997, which granted defendants’ motion for partial summary judgment to the extent of dismissing the fourth cause of action for breach of an employee handbook policy and denied the motion insofar as directed to the third cause of action for discriminatory termination, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The fourth cause of action, alleging wrongful termination in violation of an employee handbook policy, was properly dismissed. “Absent an agreement establishing a fixed duration, an employment relationship is…