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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