MATTOX v. YELLOW FREIGHT SYSTEMS, INC.

No. A00A0310.

534 S.E.2d 561 (2000)

243 Ga. App. 894

MATTOX v. YELLOW FREIGHT SYSTEMS, INC.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

May 11, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Motten, Fisher & Goldman, Vaughn W. Fisher, Jr., Tucker, for appellant.

Fisher & Phillips, Michael C. Towers, Trisha M. Earls, Kayla D. May, Atlanta, for appellee.


RUFFIN, Judge.

Raymond Mattox was terminated from his employment with Yellow Freight Systems, Inc. after Yellow Freight learned that he had been charged with a crime nine years earlier. The crime had been discharged under the First Offender Act.1 Mattox sued for wrongful discharge, and the trial court dismissed the action for failure to state a claim. He appeals. Because we conclude that Mattox's dismissal does not give rise to a private...

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