Cherri Lynn Nix v. Elmore County

BURDICK, Chief Justice.

This appeal arises from Elmore County’s decision terminating its employee, Cherri Nix (“Nix”), without providing her a pretermination hearing pursuant to the Elmore County Personnel Policy (“ECPP”). Nix filed suit in Elmore County alleging, among other claims, that Elmore County violated the ECPP and breached the covenant of good faith and fair dealing when it terminated her employment without giving her a pretermination hearing. The district court granted Elmore County’s summary judgment motion on the basis that Nix was an at-will employee subject to termination at any…