Mayfield v. Lockheed Engineering & Sciences Co.

OPINION

YATES, Justice.

Appellant, James Mayfield, appeals the trial court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of appellee, Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Company (“Lockheed”) and the trial court’s denial of its motion for new trial. 1 In a single point of error, Mayfield complains that the trial court erred in ruling as a matter of law that he could not maintain his wrongful termination cause of action under an exception to the employment-at-will doctrine. We affirm.

Mayfield was employed with Lockheed for over five years. His last position required him to oversee the preparation and…