Highhouse v. Avery Transportation

WIEAND, Judge:

In this action for wrongful discharge from employment, the plaintiff relied upon averments that his discharge had been in violation of (1) an oral contract of employment and (2) public policy. The trial court, however, entered summary judgment in favor of the employer. Therefore, the employee appealed. After careful review, we reverse.

Between 1983 and 1992, Chester Highhouse sporadically drove buses for Avery Transportation, which was owned by Frank Avery and his son, Lyle Avery. In 1990, Highhouse accepted employment as a truck driver by Scranton Craftsmen Company. On May…