California Court of Appeal

The Court found that an employer who induces an employee to enter into an employment contract by intentionally promising compensation terms the employer never intended to honor, may not avoid tort liability for fraudulent inducement of contract because the contract contains and "at-will" provision.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/12/2004
• Published 07/12/2004

Judges

• McCONNELL, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Grady and Associates, Dennis M. Grady and Kenneth W. Baisch, San Diego, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Astor & Phillips, George R. Phillips, Jr., Los Angeles;  and Robert S. Gerstein, Santa Monica, for Defendants and Respondents.