KARI v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

Docket No. 30523.

79 Mich. App. 93 (1977)

261 N.W.2d 222

KARI v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided October 11, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack C. Chilingirian, for plaintiff.

Clark, Hardy, Lewis, Fine and Asher, P.C. (by Terence V. Page), for defendant.

Before: D.C. RILEY, P.J., and BASHARA and P.R. MAHINSKE, JJ.


P.R. MAHINSKE, J.

This case presents the question of whether statements in an employment handbook may constitute an offer to contract for severance pay, despite the presence of express disclaimers in the handbook and in its description of the severance pay plan. We hold that under the facts of this case no offer or enforceable promise was made by the handbook.

Plaintiff began working for defendant in 1955 as a process engineer. He continued in defendant's...

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