69 Mich. App. 591 - Hackett v. Foodmaker, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “In both Lynas and Adolph there was evidence indicating that services under the contract for personal employment were commenced by plaintiff. Here plaintiff was never afforded an opportunity to perform under the contract due to defendant’s total repudiation thereof in that defendant never allowed plaintiff an opportunity to manage the Ypsilanti store. Unable to locate any Michigan case law on point we look to 4 Corbin on Contracts, § 958, p. 847, wherein we find the following: “A contract of employment to begin at a future time is totally broken by the employer’s refusal to begin such employment at that time. On such refusal, the employee has a single action for his injury, measured by the full amount of salary or wages promised, less what he can earn by reasonable effort in other similar employment.” Hence, we hold that, if a contract was proven by plaintiff that he was to become manager of the Ypsilanti store and was prevented from so doing due to defendant’s repudiation thereof prior to the time any services were commenced, plaintiff has a right to recover.”

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