WRIGHT v. HONDA OF AMERICA MFG., INC.

No. 94-982.

73 Ohio St.3d 571 (1995)

WRIGHT, APPELLANT, v. HONDA OF AMERICA MANUFACTURING, INC., APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 30, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cloppert, Portman, Sauter, Latanick & Foley, Grant D. Shoub and Charles J. Smith, for appellant.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Mary Ellen Fairfield and Ellen L. Seats, for appellee.

Stewart Jaffy & Associates Co., L.P.A., Stewart R. Jaffy and Marc J. Jaffy, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Spater, Gittes, Schulte & Kolman and Frederick M. Gittes; and Louis A. Jacobs, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Employment Lawyers Association.


FRANCIS E. SWEENEY, SR., J.

In this appeal, we must decide whether this was an appropriate case for summary judgment. To answer this question, we need to determine whether appellant is an employee-at-will, as the lower courts found, or whether there exists a genuine issue of material fact to support appellant's position that there was an implied contract of employment which limited appellee's right to terminate her.4 For the following...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases