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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Carl v. Children's Hospital, 702 A.2d 159 (1997)

Citation
Carl v. Children's Hospital, 702 A.2d 159 (1997)
Parent Document
Carl v. Children's Hospital, 702 A.2d 159 (1997)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1997-09-23

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There has been a lively debate whether Wood actually created the at-will rule himself or based it on discernible precedent.19 There also has been controversy over whether the rule had its origins in economic pressures20 or, more parochially, in the courts’ desires to free their dockets of employment eases believed unsuitable for juries to decide.21 Apparently no one, however, disputes the origins of the at-will doctrine: the courts, not the legislatures.