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PHUNG v. WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC.

No. 84-1909.

23 Ohio St. 3d 100 (1986)

PHUNG, APPELLEE, v. WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided April 16, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray & Murray Co., L.P.A., Dennis E. Murray and Kirk J. Delli Bovi, for appellee.

Bergson, Borkland, Margolis & Adler, Jeffrey G. Miller, Nicholas T. Christakos, Smith & Schnacke, John W. Edwards, Martin H. Lewis, Starn & Bowlus and John D. Starn, for appellants.

Bricker & Eckler, G. Roger King and Catherine Adams, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Chamber of Commerce.

Mid-America Legal Foundation, John M. Cannon, Susan W. Wanat and Ann Plunkett Sheldon, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Manufacturers' Association.

Louis A. Jacobs and Bruce A. Campbell, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, Inc.

DAHLING, J.

Ohio has long adhered to the general rule that "either party to an oral employment-at-will agreement may terminate the employment relationship for any reason which is not contrary to law." Mers v. Dispatch Printing Co. (1985), 19 Ohio St.3d 100, 103. "* * * Employment contracts can be terminated at will for any cause, at any time whatsoever, even if done in gross or reckless disregard of any employee...

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