Database Search Result Details
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First Name
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SAMUEL
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Last Name
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CHILTON
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Decision Date
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8/7/1989
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Docket Number
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89-20-114
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ALJ
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SA
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Respondent
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KANAWHA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
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Employment Type
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PROF
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Job Title
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TEACHER
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Topics
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CONTRACT
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Primary Issues
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Mistake of expression unenforceable.
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Outcome
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DENIED
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Statutes
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Related Cases
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Keywords
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ENFORCEABLE, MISTAKE
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Intermediate Court of Appeals
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Circuit Court
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Grievant appealed to Kanawha County, 9/20/89, Civil Action #89-AA-172, Affirmed 10-4-91, King
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Supreme Court
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Synopsis
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GRIEVANT REQUESTED HALF-TIME EMPLOYMENT AS TEACHER TO REMAIN AT STONEWALL JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL AND SIGNED SUCH AN AGREEMENT, ON AN ALLEGED ORAL UNDERSTANDING THAT HE WOULD RECEIVE FULL-TIME POSITION THAT WOULD OPEN. RESPONDENT SENT A FULL-TIME CONTRACT BY MISTAKE, THEN A HALF-TIME CONTRACT TO CORRECT THE MISTAKE. GRIEVANT SIGNED THE FULL-TIME CONTRACT AND REQUESTS PAYMENT THEREUNDER. DECISION: DENIED. A CONTENTION OF GRIEVANT THAT TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS OF W.VA. CODE 18A-2-7 WERE VIOLATED NEED NOT BE ADDRESSED BECAUSE ANY REQUIREMENTS THEREUNDER WERE WAIVED BY HIS WRITTEN AGREEMENT. ALSO, SINCE THE FULL-TIME CONTRACT INVOLVED A MISTAKE IT WAS UNENFORCEABLE AND SUBJECT TO BEING REFORMED. CROWDER V. KANA. CO. BD. OF ED., DOCKET NO. 20-86-307-1 (JUNE 25, 1987).
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