Stopczynski v. Ford Motor Co.

This is a wrongful discharge case. Plaintiff alleges that he was fired from his job with defendant in violation of an alleged contract of employment prohibiting his discharge absent just cause. The circuit court entered summary disposition in favor of defendant pursuant to MCR 2.116(0(10), and plaintiff now appeals as of right. We affirm.

Plaintiff worked for defendant for twenty-three years before he was fired in March of 1988. Plaintiff began working for defendant in 1965 in an hourly and union-represented position. In 1968, plaintiff was offered a transfer to a salaried position as a…