MARTIN v. CAPITAL CITIES MEDIA, INC.


354 Pa.Super. 199 (1986)

511 A.2d 830

Dorothy Kay MARTIN, Appellant, v. CAPITAL CITIES MEDIA, INC. and Richard L. Connor, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed June 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen J. Fendler, Wilkes-Barre, for appellant.

R. Eddie Wayland, Wilkes-Barre, for appellees.

Before CAVANAUGH, McEWEN and CERCONE, JJ.


CAVANAUGH, Judge:

This case deals, inter alia, with the contractual significance of an employee handbook.

On May 21, 1981, Dorothy Kay Martin, appellant, was fired from her position as a copy editor for the Times Leader newspaper in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Martin had been hired by the paper in 1978 as an at-will employee. Employees represented by four unions went on strike against the newspaper in October of 1978. The newspaper continued to adhere...

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