McPhail v. Milwaukie Lumber Co.

Plaintiff appeals from a summary judgment that dismissed all of his claims against Milwaukie Lumber Co., his former employer, Steve Morse, the primary owner of Milwaukie Lumber, and Patrick Fitzgerald, a Milwaukie Lumber sales manager. All of the claims arise from Milwaukie Lumber’s termination of plaintiffs employment. We reverse as to Milwaukie Lumber on all but two of the claims and affirm as to the individual defendants.

Plaintiff began working for Milwaukie Lumber in 1992 after Morse and Fitzgerald recruited him from Parr Lumber, where he had worked for a number of years. While working at…