The respondent was hired as a bingo hall manager and later signed an employment contract stating she could not be dismissed.
After being fired, she sued for wrongful dismissal.
The trial judge found the contract was for life and awarded $712,000 in damages, including lost wages until age 65 and lost profits from lottery ticket sales.
On appeal, the Court of Appeal held that the contract lacked the explicit language required for a lifetime guarantee and interpreted it as an indefinite term contract.
The court reduced the damages to $30,800, representing a 12-month reasonable notice period, and excluded damages for lottery ticket sales as too remote.
