Sparks v. Cash America International, Inc.

On Application for Rehearing

The opinion of October 27, 2000, is withdrawn, and the following opinion is substituted therefor.

Kevin Sparks filed this breach-of-contract and fraud action against his former employer, Cash America of Alabama, Inc.; the employer’s parent corporation, Cash America International, Inc.; and his supervisor, Bill Ewing, on March 3, 1997. We affirm conditionally.

Cash America International owns and operates pawnshops worldwide. Cash America of Alabama, an Alabama corporation, operates the pawnshops in Alabama, with a place of business in Mobile County. Sparks, a…