Legal Opinion
Gilmore v. Enogex, Inc.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided July 29, 1994No. 78622PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPALA, Justice.
Two questions are presented on appeal: (1) Did an at-will employee, dismissed for his refusal to submit to a random drug test, state a cause of action in tort for wrongful discharge from employment? and if not (2) Did the defendant’s employee manual provide contractual protection from the discharge in suit? We answer both questions in the negative.
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THE ANATOMY OF LITIGATION
Enogex, Inc. [Enogex], defendant, a subsidiary of Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co., announced on September 18, 1987 a random drug-testing program 1 [the Program], which was scheduled to begin several weeks…
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