Prussing v. General Motors Corp.

Per Curiam;.

We granted leave to appeal to consider whether the common law should be changed to preclude an employer from terminating long-term employment without cause even though the employment is at will or the contract of employment otherwise provides. It now appears that we cannot reach that issue.

Prussing first went to work for General Motors when he was 23. At the termination of his employment he had an executive position with General Motors Overseas Operations in New York City. In 1974, at the age of 52, he was discharged when he refused to accept an assignment in Brazil.

The complaint…