ODELL v. ARKANSAS GENERAL INDUSTRIES CO.

No. 85-272.

705 S.W.2d 438 (1986)

288 Ark. 356

Betty A. ODELL, Appellant, v. ARKANSAS GENERAL INDUSTRIES CO., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 17, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pickens, McLarty & Watson by James A. McLarty, Newport, for appellant.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark by Frederick S. Ursery, Little Rock, for appellee.


HAYS, Justice.

Appellant, Betty Odell, filed this action in Jackson County, where she lives, against her former employer, Arkansas General Industries Co., which operates a manufacturing plant in White County.

The complaint states appellant was hired at-will in 1959 and was terminated on March 7, 1984, for failing to arrange for continued absence from work due to an injury, in violation of company policy. It alleges an intentional, wrongful discharge in violation...

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