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mv4993
Reliance on my part may not even need to be addressed. In the case of Toussaint it was hardly addressed when the plaintiff showed his actual reliance was a“legitimate expectation.” Granted, that was a termination case, I believe, but there are elements of that case similar to my own.
Also, it has been addressed by the courts that reliance need only show there were other job opportunities in the area for which a person was qualified. They don't need to have sought other employment or turned down offers.
In my particular case, I did have another job offer with a higher salary and benefits which I turned down so I suppose my act of reliance is easily proven.
In any event, through my own research I believe I already have the answer to my questions. The fun part may actually be watching the supervisor explain how these promises of advanced employment suddenly and without reason ended and were given to a less qualified employee after I stopped performing free service.