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TOUSSAINT v. BLUE CROSS

Docket Nos. 60917, 60907. (Calendar Nos. 5, 4).

408 Mich. 579 (1980)

292 N.W.2d 880

TOUSSAINT v. BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN EBLING v. MASCO CORPORATION

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 10, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gottlieb & Goren, P.C., for plaintiff Toussaint.

Harry Riseman for plaintiff Ebling.

Long, Preston, Kinnaird & Avant (by Grady Avant, Jr., and Joseph F. Page, III) for defendant Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Michigan.

Cross, Wrock, Miller & Vieson (by W. Robert Chandler and Michael A. Holmes) for defendant Masco Corporation.

Amici Curiae:

William B. Daniel for Chrysler Corporation.

Beaumont, Smith & Harris (by Dwight H. Vincent) for Employers Association of Detroit.

LEVIN, J. (for reversal in Toussaint and affirmance in Ebling).

Charles Toussaint was employed in a middle management position with Blue Cross and Walter Ebling was similarly employed by Masco. After being employed five and two years, respectively, each was discharged. They commenced actions against their former employers, claiming that the discharges violated their employment agreements which permitted discharge only for cause. A verdict of $72,835.52 was...

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