MERCK v. ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC.

No. 89-2142.

921 F.2d 549 (1990)

Carl J. MERCK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 26, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen G. Morrison, argued (Kenneth E. Young and George K. Lyall on brief), Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, Greenville, S.C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Steven Walter Tigges, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Columbus, Ohio, argued (William C. Cleveland, Haynsworth, Marion, McKay & Guerard, Charleston, S.C. on brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before RUSSELL and HALL, Circuit Judges, and GARBIS, United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.


DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

In this diversity case, controlled by South Carolina law, the plaintiff Carl J. Merck (Merck) appeals the granting of summary judgment in favor of his former employer, Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (ADS), in his suit in tort for an alleged illegal discharge as vice-president for plant operations. He had been employed as such vice-president since 1985. His claim was stated in two counts. In...

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