Legal Opinion
Conner v. City of Forest Acres
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided April 4, 2005No. 25961PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
Evelyn H. Conner (Employee) appeals a jury verdict in favor of the City of Forest Acres (City) in this wrongful discharge action. We affirm.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Employee brought this wrongful discharge action, grounded in breach of contract, in what is commonly known as a “employee handbook claim,” against City in 1994. We reversed a grant of summary judgment to City and remanded the case for trial. Conner v. City of Forest Acres, 348 S.C. 454, 560 S.E.2d 606 (2002) (affirming in part and reversing in part the unpublished opinion of the Court of Appeals).
Employee was a police…
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