United States Tenth Circuit

Judgment as a matter of law to defendant-employer, against plaintiff's claim for breach of an implied employment contract, is affirmed where defendant's policies, procedures, and statements were not definite enough for plaintiff to reasonably rely upon them to support her claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/22/2005
• Published 08/22/2005

Judges

• SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge., Before SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge, McKAY, Senior Circuit Judge, and MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Whitney Warner (Repps D. Stanford, with her on the briefs), of Moody & Warner, P.C., Albuquerque, NM, for the Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charlotte A. Lamont (Sarah K. Downey, with her on the brief), of Bannerman & Williams, P.C., Albuquerque, NM, for the Defendant-Appellee.