Legal Question in Employment Law in New York

Waterfront Hotels Corporation in Boston offers a job to Carol, who lives in Denver. Carol orally agrees to work for Waterfront for two years. She moves her family to Boston and begins work. Three months later, she is fired for no stated cause. She files a suit against the employer for rein�statement or pay. Waterfront pleads the lack of a written con�tract. In whose favor is the court likely to rule, and why?


Asked on 4/18/12, 1:44 am

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Arnold Nager Arnold H. Nager, Esquire

Waterfront Hotels. The Statute of Frauds requires contracts for more than a year to be in writing and signed by the party to be charged.

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Answered on 4/18/12, 10:08 am


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