Opinion

Helland v. Kurtis A. Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital

  • 229 Wis. 2d 751
  • 601 N.W.2d 318
  • 15 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 682
  • 1999 Wisc. App. LEXIS 801
Court
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Filed
Jul 27, 1999
Status
Published
Author
Schudson
On the bench
Wedemeyer, Fine, Schudson
Cited by
35 cases

explaining that to establish a factual dispute for summary judgment, “[i]t is not enough to rely upon unsubstantiated conclusory remarks, speculation, or testimony which is not based upon personal knowledge”

How later courts described this case

  • explaining that to establish a factual dispute for summary judgment, “[i]t is not enough to rely upon unsubstantiated conclusory remarks, speculation, or testimony which is not based upon personal knowledge”
  • employee handbook did not create contract of employment; employer reserved right to take any disciplinary action against employees it deemed appropriate regardless of procedures in handbook and to modify handbook unilaterally and provided explicitly in handbook that it did not create any contractual rights
  • " 'working guide summarizing [hospital's] employment policies and procedures' " did not alter at-will relationship
  • disclaimer that “This Handbook is not intended to create, nor does it create, contract rights” does not allow for creation of contractual right or modify at-will status

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

*765 SCHUDSON, J.

(concurring). Although I agree with the majority decision, I do not join in the opinion. Accordingly, I respectfully concur.

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