Legal Opinion
Vice v. Conoco, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 3, 1998No. 96-6375PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUCERO, Circuit. Judge.
We are asked to decide whether claims of fraudulent misrepresentation and negligent investigation against a former employer based on an allegedly improper discharge of an at-will employee defeats summary judgment under Oklahoma law. We conclude that, because Oklahoma has restricted the availability of wrongful termination claims by at-will employees, they do not.
Plaintiff John R. Vice, an employee of defendant Conoco, Inc., was terminated from his employment on the basis of sexual harassment allegations made against him by his secretary. Vice subsequently filed this…
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