City of Green Forest v. Morse

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

Plaintiff, Hugh Morse, was employed as a police officer by the defendant, City of Green Forest, in May 1986. Defendant William Andrews was the Chief of Police. Morse and Chief Andrews had a strained relationship. Andrews, rightly or wrongly, thought Morse had a number of faults as a police officer. On July 10, 1987, Morse engaged in a high speed chase which resulted in a wreck. Morse, an employee-at-will, was discharged by the City on July 27, 1987, for engaging in the high speed chase and for submitting an accident report that Andrews thought was false. Morse sued…