Swindol v. Aurora Flight Sciences Corp.

LAMAR, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This case presents a certified question from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Robert Swindol sued his employer, Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, in federal court for wrongful discharge and defamation. Swindol alleged that Aurora had terminated him for having a firearm inside his locked vehicle in the company parking lot. Aurora filed a motion to dismiss, and the district court dismissed Swindol’s wrongful-discharge claim with prejudice,1 stating that it “[could not] say *848that the Mississippi Supreme Court would recognize a third exception to the doctrine…