Peterson Industries, Inc. v. Farmer

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

This appeal asks us to reaffirm our rule that when a contract of employment does not bind the employee to serve for a specified time, the contract may be terminated at will by either party. See Gaulden v. Emerson Electric Co., 284 Ark. 149, 680 S.W.2d 92 (1984). We are unable to reach the merits of the appeal because the appellant has failed to abstract all pertinent parts of the record; therefore, we affirm. Ark. R. Sup. Ct. Rule 9 (d).

Barbara Kaye Farmer, the appellee, was terminated by the appellant, Peterson Industries. The reason given by the company was that…