Employment Contract Action

In DeFranco v. Storage Tech. Corp., No. 08-1095, an action for breach of contract and promissory estoppel based on alleged breaches of an employment agreement, the court affirmed summary judgment for defendants where 1) common law contract principles allowed for the formation of contracts without the signatures of the parties bound by them, and thus the written agreement making plaintiff an at-will employee bound defendant; and 2) because plaintiff could not show that he provided special consideration to defendant in exchange for defendant’s alleged promise to provide permanent employment, no enforceable contract providing for anything other than employment at will existed.

Related Resources

  • Read the Eighth Circuit’s Decision in DeFranco v. Storage Tech. Corp., No. 08-1095

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