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Franz went on to state that "two common law doctrines allow recovery of damages in wrongful discharge action" (Franz pg 32). According to Franz those two common law doctrines included; that the employment was an implied-in-fact contract. An implied-in-fact contract is evidenced by the employer by the very act of hiring an individual, and as such is implying that the employee will not be fired without just cause. In Tom

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