Hickenbottom v. Preferred Risk Mut. Ins.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment in favor of the defendants, Preferred Risk Mutual Insurance Company, Inc., Preferred Risk Life Insurance Company, Inc., Henry C. Capps, David McCafferty, and Jim McCafferty. The plaintiff, Theodore Hickenbottom, brought a breach of employment contract suit against the defendants. The trial court granted summary judgment on the basis that no enforceable contract of employment existed. We affirm.

On May 21, 1984, in response to a newspaper advertisement, Hickenbottom contacted Preferred Risk's Mobile office to inquire about employment as a sales agent.…