Jackson v. Kinark Corp.

George Rose Smith, Justice.

In March, 1981, the appellant, Michael Jackson, was employed by the appellee to be a banquet server at the Camelot Hotel in Little Rock. Fourteen months later Jackson was discharged for refusing to take a polygraph test in connection with the disappearance of a television set at the hotel. Jackson brought this action for damages, both in contract and in tort, alleging that his discharge was wrongful and abusive. The trial court granted a motion for summary judgment on the contract claim, holding that the complaint did not state a cause of action because Jackson’s…