Brunick v. Clatsop County

Plaintiff appeals from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to defendants on his wrongful discharge claims. He first assigns error to the trial court’s conclusion that, because plaintiff was an at-will county employee, the county was not obligated to afford him due process when it terminated his employment with the county. He asserts that the trial court erred in concluding that he was an at-will employee because (1) Clatsop County’s personnel policies created an implied term in his employment contract that provided for his termination from employment only for cause; and (2) he had…