Business Law 16th Edition by Jane Mallor,James Barnes ,Arlen Langvardt,Jamie Darin Prenkert,Martin McCrory

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Holt worked as a manager for Home Depot from January 1995 to July 1999. Throughout those years, Home Depot assured employees through statements in the employee handbook and other means of communication that if they took advantage of the company's open-door procedure to complain to management about their supervisors, they would not be penalized. In March 1999, Home Depot moved Holt and his family to Connecticut so he could manage a new distribution center in Bloomfield. Soon after he started there, he began to have difficulties and disagreements with his immediate supervisor. In June, he contacted a senior manager regarding his problems with her. On July 3, he called Home Depot's Impact Line to ask that forms be sent to him so he could make a formal complaint. On July 9, Home Depot terminated Holt's employment. Holt sued Home Depot, claiming promissory estoppel. The jury awarded Holt $470,000 in damages. Home Depot challenged the verdict, claiming that the jury could not reasonably find the elements of promissory estoppel. Did Home Depot win?