Title: Dillon v. Champion Jogbra, Inc.

State: vermont

Issuer: Vermont Supreme Court

Document:

Dillon v.  Champion Jogbra, Inc. (2000-560); 175 Vt. 1; 819 A.2d 703

[Filed 27-Dec-2002]

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                                No. 2000-560

  Linda Dillon	                                 Supreme Court

                                                 On Appeal from
       v.	                                 Chittenden Superior Court

  Champion Jogbra, Inc.	                         November Term, 2001

       	
  Matthew I. Katz, J.

  Pietro J. Lynn, Heather E. Thomas and Jennifer G. Mihalich of Lynn &
    Associates, P.C., Burlington, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

  Donald J. Rendall, Jr. and Eric E. Hudson of Sheehey Furlong Rendall & Behm
    P.C., Burlington, for Defendant-Appellee.

  PRESENT:  Amestoy, C.J., Dooley, Morse, Johnson and Skoglund, JJ.

       ¶ 1.  MORSE, J.   Plaintiff Linda Dillon appeals an order of the
  superior court granting summary judgment to defendant Champion Jogbra, Inc.
  in her action for wrongful termination.  Dillon contends that the trial
  court erroneously concluded as a matter of law that Dillon's at-will
  employment status had not been modified by Jogbra's employment manual and
  employment practices, and that the undisputed material facts failed to give
  rise to a claim for promissory estoppel supporting a claim for wrongful
  discharge.  We affirm with respect to Dillon's claim for promissory
  estoppel, but reverse and remand on her breach of contract claim.
   
       ¶ 2.  On appeal from an order of summary judgment, we apply the
  same standard as the 

 

  trial court.  White v. Quechee Lakes Landowners' Ass'n, 170 Vt. 25, 28,