Loghry v. Unicover Corp.

Corey Loghry (plaintiff) signed an employment contract disclaimer with Unicover Corporation (defendant) stating her at-will employment could be terminated at any time with or without cause or notice, and that only the company's president could enter into any fixed-term employment agreement or modify her employment terms; the employee handbook contained a similar disclaimer. When corporate officer Brian Hilt, who was not the president, investigated whether Loghry's supervisor had leaked proprietary data to a competitor, he asked Loghry to turn over her files and assured her she wouldn't lose her job for cooperating; she complied but was fired anyway for disloyalty to her supervisor. Loghry's separate breach-of-contract suit failed because she was found to be an at-will employee, and she then sued for promissory estoppel based on Hilt's assurance; the district court granted Unicover summary judgment based on the signed disclaimer, and Loghry appealed.