Odell v. Arkansas General Industries Co.

Steele Hays, Justice.

Appellant, Betty Odell, filed this action in Jackson County, where she lives, against her former employer, Arkansas General Industries Co., which operates a manufacturing plant in White County.

The complaint states appellant was hired at-will in 1959 and was terminated on March 7, 1984, for failing to arrange for continued absence from work due to an injury, in violation of company policy. It alleges an intentional, wrongful discharge in violation of public policy and the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Act, resulting in loss of income, mental anguish, physical and mental…