McDonald v. Mobil Coal Producing, Inc.

MACY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment in favor of Appellees Mobil Coal Producing, Inc., Brad Hanson, Peter Totin, and Bert Gustafson, denying the claim of Appellant Craig McDonald for wrongful discharge from employment.

We reverse and remand.

McDonald states the issues as:

I. [Whether t]he trial court erred in holding that the Mobil Coal handbook did not constitute an employment contract.

II. [Whether t]he trial court erred in dismissing Craig McDonald’s claim under the covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

McDonald worked at Mobil’s Caballo Rojo coal mine in Campbell County,…