HINSON v. CAMERON

No. 64159.

742 P.2d 549 (1987)

Nita HINSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Patricia CAMERON and Comanche County Hospital Authority, a public trust, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied September 16, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Hensley, Jeff Shaw, Hensley & Shaw, Lawton, for plaintiff-appellant.

Dale Reneau, Fenton, Fenton, Smith, Reneau & Moon, Oklahoma City, for defendants-appellees.


OPALA, Justice.

Two questions are presented on certiorari: [1] Did an at-will employee, dismissed for her failure to perform an assigned duty, state a cause of action in tort for wrongful discharge from employment? and [2] Did the employee manual alter an at will relationship? between the plaintiff and her employer? We answer both questions in the negative and reinstate the trial court's summary judgment for the defendants...

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