Legal Opinion
Wior v. Anchor Industries, Inc.
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided August 7, 1996No. 82S01-9505-CV-518PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION TO TRANSFER
SELBY, Justice.
This case presents three questions: (1) whether an oral agreement for employment until retirement, which was understood by the parties to mean retirement in "20 plus" years, is unenforceable under the Statute of Frauds; (2) whether Anchor could discharge Wior without cause; and (8) whether Wior has a wrongful discharge claim based upon his assertion that Anchor terminated him for refusing to discharge an employee with a worker's compensation claim.
I. FACTS
Glenn Wior has worked in the "needle trades" all of his working life. When Wior moved to Indianapolis…
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