Jones v. General Electric Co.

ANDERSON, Judge:

This is a wrongful termination case involving an employee handbook. Roy Todd Jones appeals the trial court’s decision to direct a verdict in favor of his former employer, General Electric Company (G.E.). Specifically, Jones appeals the trial court’s rulings that (1) G.E.’s employee handbook did not create a contract altering Jones’s at-will employment status; and (2) even if the handbook created an employment contract, Jones failed to prove that G.E. breached it. We reverse and remand. 1

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Jones began working for G.E. in 1991, when he accepted a…