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Old 10-24-2014 | 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Ben Kenobi
That is not a precedent setting case. No mention of what court nor any language from a higher court's judicial opinion. It was a "jury" case which doesn't decide issues of "law". Jury's decided issues of fact. Regardless that the article you cited is devoid of any real legal language, there was enough verbiage to deduce that the reason the jury found 'no contract' was that the parties did not reach a mutual understanding of the agreement. If you read my previous post you'll note that a "mutual agreement" is a contract requirement. There was no language that the contract was void on its face or that it violated any public policy or law. The jury merely found that "the parties did not agree on the interpretation of ‘training.’" [emphasis added]. So, these contracts are still enforceable.

"Wiley believes that this case sets a precedent for disputes between pilots and employers who insist that employees repay training costs if they leave before an agreed-on period of time has passed. “Now there is an actual case that got fought through to the bitter end,” he said. “This contract’s not worth the paper it’s written on.”"
That is a direct quote from the article.


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