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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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These and other authorities demonstrate that the foundations upon which Wood's inflexible version of the at-will doctrine is supposed to rest have been substantially undermined or eclipsed. Cessanti ratione, cessat ipsa lex.[4] "The days when a servant was *177 practically the slave of his master have long since passed." Greene v. Hawaiian Dredging Co., 26 Cal.2d 245, 157 P.2d 367, 370 (1945). A rule born of a bygone era and based on assumptions which few would indulge today should not be retained if its time has come and gone.