Struble v. Lacks Industries, Inc

Plaintiff appeals as of right from a circuit court order granting defendant’s motion for summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(8) and (10). We affirm the dismissal of Count n but reverse and remand for further proceedings as to Count i.

The present case arises from the termination of plaintiffs employment with the defendant, a producer of plastic automobile components. Defendant hired plaintiff in 1977 as a spray-painter. At that time and thereafter, defendant made no verbal promises of continuous employment terminable only for just cause and the plaintiff understood that the length of…