DE PETRIS v. UNION SETTLEMENT


86 N.Y.2d 406 (1995)

657 N.E.2d 269

633 N.Y.S.2d 274

In the Matter of Pasquale De Petris, Appellant, v. Union Settlement Association, Inc., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 24, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen Wohlforth, New York City, for appellant.

Sullivan & Cromwell, New York City (Stephanie G. Wheeler, D. Stuart Meiklejohn and Theodore O. Rogers, Jr., of counsel), for respondent.

Judges SIMONS, TITONE, BELLACOSA, SMITH, LEVINE and CIPARICK concur.


Chief Judge KAYE.

At issue on this appeal is whether a discharged employee's CPLR article 78 petition, claiming wrongful termination for failure to comply with procedures set out in an employee manual, was correctly dismissed. We conclude, as did the Appellate Division, that it was.

In 1972, petitioner, Dr. Pasquale De Petris, joined the James Weldon Johnson Counseling Center, a provider of outpatient...

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