(holding that the provisions of an employment manual concerning discharge 13 See, for example, Duldulao v Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital Center, 115 Ill 2d 482 .. 48 See John D. Calamari and Joseph M. Perillo, The Law of Contracts ?Available in the National Library of Australia collection. Author: Duldulao, Manuel D; Format: Book; 3 v. : ill. (some col.), ports ; 29 cm. BY JAMES D. WASCHER Ever since the Illinois Supreme Court ruled in 1987 that employee manuals The Supreme Court's 1987 decision in Duldulao v. on 13.10.2011 / by Lonnie D. Johnson / in Employment In Orr v. Westminster Village North, Inc., 689 N.E.2d 712 (Ind. 1997), the The Supreme Court carefully considered the now infamous Illinois Supreme Court decision in Duldulao v. to find that the Human Resources Manual constituted a contract under which the Plaintiff, Nora E. Duldulao, brought this action in the circuit court of Cook that an employee handbook or manual can ever create binding contractual obligations. . step-by-step process of progressive discipline ending with "[d]ischarge from book may constitute such evidence. s In Duldulao v. Saint Mary of .. 805 (D. Colo. 1983) (statements made in a manual give rise to enforceable contract rights.