BOUWENS v. CENTRILIFT

No. 97-346.

974 P.2d 941 (1999)

Elizabeth A. BOUWENS, Appellant (Plaintiff), v. CENTRILIFT, A Baker Hughes Company, Appellee (Defendant).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

March 4, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard R. Wilking, Casper, Wyoming, Representing Appellant.

Stephenson D. Emery and Patrick J. Murphy of Williams, Porter, Day & Neville, Casper, Wyoming, Representing Appellee.

Before LEHMAN, C.J., and THOMAS, MACY, GOLDEN and TAYLOR, JJ.


GOLDEN, Justice.

Betty Bouwens, who was orally hired for no definite duration of employment as a field secretary by Centrilift, which specializes in the design, manufacture, and servicing of electric submersible pumps used in the oil industry, was laid off from that employment after more than eight years of service because of Centrilift's legitimate economic problems. Pointing to a layoff provision in Centrilift's employee handbook, which she received and read approximately...

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