MARINO v. OAKWOOD CARE CENTER


5 A.D.3d 740 (2004)

774 N.Y.S.2d 562

PATRICIA MARINO, Appellant, v. OAKWOOD CARE CENTER et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

March 29, 2004.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

Contrary to the plaintiff's contention, the Supreme Court properly concluded that the defendants offered her at-will employment. New York continues to adhere to the traditional common-law rule that absent an agreement establishing a fixed duration, an employment relationship is presumed to be a hiring at will, terminable at any time by either party (see Horn v New York Times, 100 N.Y.2d 85

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