Section 21 Promissory Estoppel

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Missouri courts have held that a promise to hire an at-will employee cannot be the basis for a claim of promissory estoppel. Faust v. Ryder Commercial Leasing & Servs., 954 S.W.2d 383, 394 (Mo. App. W.D. 1997); Rosatone v. GTE Sprint Commc’ns, 761 S.W.2d 670, 672–74 (Mo. App. E.D. 1988). But see Bower v. AT&T Techs., Inc., 852 F.2d 361, 366 (8^th Cir. 1988) (Eighth Circuit held that “as a matter of law appellants can recover damages sustained in...