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LAMPE v. SWAN CORP.

No. 5-89-0704.

571 N.E.2d 245 (1991)

212 Ill. App.3d 414

156 Ill.Dec. 658

Charles W. LAMPE, David Carter, Anna Branon, Thomas Moore, Douglas Marshall, Earl Vaughn, and Steve Upchurch, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SWAN CORPORATION, a Missouri Corporation, Defendant-Appellee (Ann Bevel, Plaintiff).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

May 1, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leahy Law Offices (Mary Lee Leahy, of counsel), Springfield, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Eric M. Schmitz, Armstrong, Teasdale, Schlafly, Davis & Dicus, St. Louis, Mo., for defendant-appellee.

Justice HOWERTON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs sued Swan Corporation claiming that they were discharged in violation of a contract created by Swan's employee handbook. The circuit court dismissed plaintiffs' complaint, ruling: (1) plaintiffs were employees-at-will; and (2) the employee handbook was not a contract. Plaintiffs appeal. We affirm.

The fundamental question in this case is whether the...

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