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Handicapped (P) hired Lukaszewski (D) to be a speech and language therapist for its spring term. D accepted a contract to continue for the next school year at $10,760 per year. In August prior to the beginning of that school year D accepted a job with the Wee Care Day Care Center for $13,000 per year. D notified P by a letter of resignation submitted to the board of directors. The board refused to release D and notified D to return to work. An attorney representing P also sent a letter threatening to sue Wee Care if they interfered in the P-D contract. D resented what was done to her and returned to work at P but begrudgingly. D was then examined by a doctor who indicated that D had a hypertension problem dating back prior to her employment with P. D then resubmitted her resignation for health reasons. D then hired a replacement for $1,026.64 per year more than D. P then sued D for breach. The verdict went to P for $1249.14. D appealed, and that court reversed the damages award in that the teacher hired was more experienced than D and therefore no damages occurred. P then appealed.

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