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ROOD v. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP.

Docket Nos. 93416, 93968, (Calendar Nos. 10-11).

444 Mich. 107 (1993)

507 N.W.2d 591

ROOD v. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION SCHIPPERS v. SPX CORPORATION

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided September 21, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sachs, Waldman, O'Hare, Helveston, Hodges & Barnes, P.C. (by Mary Katherine Norton), for the plaintiff in Rood.

McCroskey, Feldman, Cochrane & Brock, P.C. (by John P. Halloran), for the plaintiff in Schipppers.

Butzel, Long, P.C. (by John P. Hancock, Jr., Barbara T. Pichan, and Susan A. Hartmus), for the defendant in Rood.

Culver, Lague & McNally (by Kevin B. Even) for the defendant in Schippers.

Amicus Curiae:

Mark Granzotto, Monica Farris Linkner, and Charles P. Burbach, for Michigan Trial Lawyers Association.

Clark, Klein & Beaumont (by Dwight H. Vincent, J. Walker Henry, Rachelle G. Silberberg, and Patricia Bordman) for Michigan Manufacturers Association.

Stark & Gordon (by Sheldon J. Stark, Martha I. Seijas) for National Lawyers Guild, Edgar Jerome Dew for National Conference of Black Lawyers, Reginald M. Turner, Jr., for Wolverine Bar Association, Paul J. Denenfeld for American Civil Liberties Union, and Charlene M. Snow for Women Lawyers Association of Michigan.

Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett (by Joseph J. Vogan) for Michigan Chamber of Commerce and The Employers' Association.

Decided September 21, 1993. Rehearings denied post, 1203.

CAVANAGH, C.J.

In these wrongful discharge actions, we are asked to examine employer oral representations and written policy statements to determine the existence of alleged employment agreements terminable only for cause. In Rood, we find that the employer's written policy statements were sufficiently clear and definite to create a jury question, regarding the existence of a just-cause employment...

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