KUMPF v. UNITED TELEPHONE CO.

No. 2005.

429 S.E.2d 869 (1993)

Emil F. KUMPF, Jr., Respondent, v. UNITED TELEPHONE COMPANY OF the CAROLINAS, INC., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided May 3, 1993.

Rehearing Denied June 1, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Parker Barnes, Jr. of A. Parker, Jr. & Associates, Beaufort, for appellant.

Paul H. Infinger of Dowling, Sanders, Dukes, Williams, Meeks, Infinger & Patterson, Beaufort; and James B. Richardson, Jr. of Svalina, Richardson & Smith, Columbia, for respondent.


CURETON, Judge:

Emil Kumpf, Jr., respondent, brought breach of contract action against United Telephone, appellant, asserting wrongful discharge in violation of provision set forth in United's employee handbook. The jury returned a verdict for Kumpf. United appeals. We affirm.

United Telephone Company hired Kumpf as a storeroom worker in 1970. He worked his way up to foreman of the Beaufort division warehouse. On February 10, 1983, Kumpf received a company...

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