Thomsen v. Independent School District No. 91

This is an action to recover damages for wrongful termination of plaintiff’s employment contracts with the defendant school district. The trial court found the contracts were wrongfully terminated and ordered an award to plaintiff in the sum of $2,340.24.

Plaintiff started working for the school district as a bus driver and custodian in 1965. Written employment agreements were not entered into by the parties until 1971. It was the practice since 1974 to renew contracts each year with adjustments as to salary increase. The two contracts involved, one for custodial services, the other for…