Grant v. Mount Vernon Mills, Inc.

This is a breach of contract action based on an employee handbook. The employee, Cynthia K. Grant, appeals from the circuit court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Mount Vernon Mills, Inc. We affirm and hold that the termination provisions in the employee handbook did not apply to Grant (as a salaried employee), and that in any event, the termination policy provisions of the handbook are permissive in nature and did not alter the at-will relationship.

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We apply the same standard as the circuit court when reviewing the grant of a summary judgment motion: sum mary judgment is proper when…