Spero v. Lockwood, Inc.

SHEPARD, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered by the district court in favor of defendant-respondent-employer Lockwood following a six-day bench trial. Plaintiff-employee Spero had brought the action against Lockwood for wrongful discharge. We affirm.

Spero was hired by Lockwood as a salesman in August 1969, and due to economic cutbacks was laid off in December 1969. Spero was rehired by Lockwood in 1974, and in 1977 was transferred to a district which included Idaho. Spero was paid a fixed salary plus a commission on all parts and machinery purchased in his district from…