MONTGOMERY COUNTY HOSP. DIST. v. BROWN

No. 96-1077.

965 S.W.2d 501 (1998)

MONTGOMERY COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT f/d/b/a Medical Center Hospital, Petitioner, v. Valarie BROWN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided March 13, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terri S. Harris, Timothy D. Riley, Houston, for Petitioner.

Laurence W. Watts, Aaron J. Bennett, Carleton C. Casteel, Houston, for Respondent.


HECHT, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, ENOCH, SPECTOR, OWEN, BAKER and ABBOTT, Justices, joined.

The principal issue before us is whether at-will employment can be modified by nothing more than an employer's oral assurances that an employee whose work is satisfactory will not be terminated without good cause. We hold that an employer's oral statements do not modify an employee's at-will status absent a definite, stated...

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