JONES v. GENERAL ELEC. CO.

No. 2839.

331 S.C. 351 (1998)

503 S.E.2d 173

Roy Todd JONES, Appellant, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY and Richard Carpenter, Defendants, of whom General Electric Company is Respondent.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided May 4, 1998.

Rehearing Denied August 20, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Lee Daniels, Jr., of Wimberly, Lawson, Daniels & Brandon, Greenville, for Appellant.

William H. Foster and Steven M. Wynkoop, both of Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, Greenville, for Respondent.


ANDERSON, Judge:

This is a wrongful termination case involving an employee handbook. Roy Todd Jones appeals the trial court's decision to direct a verdict in favor of his former employer, General Electric Company (G.E.). Specifically, Jones appeals the trial court's rulings that (1) G.E.'s employee handbook did not create a contract altering Jones's at-will employment status; and (2) even if the handbook created an employment contract, Jones failed to prove that G...

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