statues of fraud?

Question

an oral agreement for a job for 3 years.. the person moves and the K got terminated in months

Answer 1

The statute of frauds governs specific types of contracts -- requiring that those be in writing.

While the specific list varies by state and country -- one of the common types is contracts that cannot be completed within one year. Here the contract was for a 3 year term -- so it would probably be covered by the statute of frauds.

However -- the person who moved would be considered the breaching party -- since they made it impossible (by moving) to complete the contract.