Rooney v. Tyson

2 Citing cases

  1. Rooney v. Tyson

    91 N.Y.2d 685 (N.Y. 1998)   Cited 87 times
    Holding "absent an agreement establishing a fixed duration, an employment relationship is presumed to be a hiring at will, terminable at any time by either party."

    The District Trial Court agreed with Tyson's legal position and granted him the post-trial victory. The trial judge reasoned that "under New York law, terms such as `permanent employment', `until retirement' or `long term' do not state a definite term of employment as a matter of law" ( 956 F. Supp. 213, 216). The court concluded that "the alleged term of the employment contract, `for as long as Tyson boxes professionally,' does not state a term of definite duration as a matter of law" (id.).

  2. Castle v. Leach Co.

    4 F. Supp. 2d 128 (N.D.N.Y. 1998)   Cited 3 times
    Holding that plaintiffs waived right to seek new trial when they did not object to the verdict sheet, which mirrored the plaintiff's proposal, before it was submitted to the jury

    A trial court should grant such a motion when convinced that the jury has reached a seriously erroneous result or the verdict is a miscarriage of justice." Katara v. D.E. Jones Commodities, Inc., 835 F.2d 966, 970 (2d Cir. 1987) (citing Newmont Mines Ltd. v. Hanover Ins. Co., 784 F.2d 127, 132 (2d Cir. 1986)); see also Rooney v. Tyson, 956 F. Supp. 213, 217 (N.D.N.Y. 1997). That is, a trial court should "view the verdict in the overall setting of the trial; consider the character of the evidence and the complexity or simplicity of the legal principles which the jury was bound to apply to the facts; and abstain from interfering with the verdict unless it is quite clear that the jury has reached a seriously erroneous result."