Legal Question in Business Law in Texas

detrimental reliance

A former employee offered a generous salary to leave my stable gov't job and come back to work for them. i told her (vice-president) that since i had left i have been convicted of a DWI. she said that it is OK. i relocated, signed leases and contracts for living and furniture near the business with the assumption i had stability. After working for 5 months, i was fired on the spot and outprocessed because they said they could not insure me. It appears they intentionally kept their carrier in the dark about my conviction so they could employ me without any extra premiums. when the carrier did an annual review, mine turned up. i feel very used, i can't get my old job back with the same seniority, i have bills unemployment insurance cannot pay for. do i have a cause of action for detrimental reliance? thanks for your time.


Asked on 5/24/03, 8:34 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Peter Bradie Bradie, Bradie & Bradie

Re: detrimental reliance

Probably not. You'd have to show that they deliberately misled you. Their defenses are that they didn't know their insurer wouldn't insure you so therefore they had no choice but to let you go. You'd have to prove that they knew.

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Answered on 5/24/03, 12:09 pm


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