KELLY v. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY GAS CO.

No. 52337.

397 So.2d 874 (1981)

J.C. KELLY v. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY GAS COMPANY, a Mississippi Corporation.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Sullivan, Jr., John M. Mooney, Jr., Sullivan, Sullivan & Blount, Jackson, for appellant.

Carson M. Hughes, John M. Kuykendall, Jr., Overstreet, Kuykendall, Sumners & Hughes, Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and SUGG and WALKER, JJ.


SUGG, Justice, for the Court:

Plaintiff urges this Court to adopt a public policy exception to the common law rule that an employment contract at will may be terminated by either party with or without cause or justification, and hold an employer liable to an employee in a common law tort action when an employer has discharged an employee for filing a workmen's compensation claim.

J.C. Kelly, plaintiff, an employee of the defendant, Mississippi Valley Gas Company...

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