Stone v. Mission Bay Mortgage Co.

OPINION

This is an appeal from a summary judgment in favor of the respondents, Mission Bay Mortgage Company (“Mission Bay”) and Richard Wood.

Appellant Veronica Stone filed a complaint in district court alleging that an oral contract of employment for “not less than one year” was made between herself and Mission Bay prior to her beginning work for Mission Bay in January, 1980, and that Mission Bay terminated Stone two weeks after she started work. She later admitted that her employment was subject to a 30-day probationary period, but she contended that the reason given for her termination after…