Walter A. Walker, Jr. v. Consumers Power Company

ENGEL, Circuit Judge.

Consumers Power Company appeals a judgment entered on a jury verdict finding it liable for damages in the amount of $1,194,000 upon the complaint of plaintiff Walter A. Walker that he had been discharged from his job as a senior engineer in the Nuclear Fuel Supply Department. Walker alleged that he was discharged without just cause contrary to his contractual rights as recognized by the Michigan Supreme Court in Toussaint v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan, 408 Mich. 578, 292 N.W.2d 880 (1980). Although Walker had framed his original complaint on a number of…