Danforth Manning v. The Upjohn Company

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Danforth Manning appeals from a judgment rendered for defendant the Upjohn Company (“Upjohn”) in his suit for wrongful discharge. We affirm.

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The underlying facts are not in dispute. Manning was hired as a pharmaceutical salesman by Upjohn in 1964. At the time he was employed, he received Upjohn’s employee handbook (the “handbook”), which contained the company’s policies on vacations, disability pay, retirement, and a policy on reasonable corrective efforts to improve performance. Upjohn from time to time supplemented or changed the handbook without…