Tate v. Wabash Datatech, Inc.

Plaintiff, Dewey Tate, appeals from an order of the circuit court of McHenry County granting defendants, Kearney-National, Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiary, Wabash Datatech, Inc., summary judgment pursuant to section 2 — 1005 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 110, par. 2 — 1005), and denying his motion for partial summary judgment in a two-count action for breach of a written employment contract and for tortious or bad faith breach of contract.

The issue raised for review is whether the trial court erred when it determined as a matter of law that plaintiff, by his…