Abbey v. Sverdrup Corp.

SAM A. BEATTY, Retired Justice.

The plaintiff, Kathleen M. Abbey, appeals from a partial summary judgment entered in favor of Sverdrup Corporation and Sverdrup Technology, Inc. (collectively referred to as “Sverdrup”). Our supreme court transferred the appeal to this court pursuant to § 12-2-7(6), Ala.Code 1975. We reverse and remand.

In January 1988, Abbey interviewed with Sverdrup for an engineering position. In September 1988, Sverdrup offered Abbey employment as a senior engineer, contingent upon Sverdrup’s obtaining a NASA contract for engineering services at the Marshall Space Flight…