DocketNumber: No. 30 76 46
Citation Numbers: 1992 Conn. Super. Ct. 2841
Judges: FULLER, J.
Filed Date: 3/26/1992
Status: Non-Precedential
Modified Date: 4/17/2021
The first count is for breach of an employment contract. In the absence of any allegation in it that there was an employment contract for a specified term, it must be inferred that the plaintiff-employee and the defendant-employer had an employment at will relationship, that the plaintiff was hired for an indefinite period and her employment was terminable at the will of the defendant. Morris v. Hartford Courant Co.,
The promissory estoppel claim in the second count fails for the same reason, insufficient factual allegations in the complaint to state a valid cause of action. The allegations, at most, amount to an agreement to enter into an at will employment relationship and not a contract to employ the plaintiff for a specific term. The plaintiff was in fact hired by the defendant, and the fact that the plaintiff left another job to work for the defendant does not, without more, state a promissory estoppel claim.
The fourth count combines claims of negligent and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Termination of an at will employee shortly after the employee commenced the job, standing alone, does not qualify, even though the plaintiff left another job to commence work for the defendant. The alleged facts do not contain the essential allegations for intentional infliction of emotional distress as stated in such cases as Petyan v. Ellis,
The motion to strike the first and second counts is granted, and the motion to strike the fourth count is denied.
ROBERT A. FULLER, JUDGE