Shivers v. John H. Harland Co., Inc.

Harwell, Chief Justice:

Pursuant to Rule 228, SCACR, the following question has been certified to this Court by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit:

Under South Carolina law, where a provision in a contract of employment allows the employer to terminate the contract for any reason upon giving fifteen days’ notice, the employer instead discharges the employee for cause under another provision of the contract without giving notice, and a jury finds that the discharge for cause is wrongful, is the employee’s recovery for wrongful breach limited as a matter of law to the…