Lumpkin v. H & C COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

OPINION

DUGGAN, Justice.

This appeal from the granting of a summary judgment stems from a suit for wrongful discharge brought by the appellant, Ted Lumpkin. The trial court granted appellees’ motion for summary judgment on the ground that the appellant failed to state a cause of action.

In a single point of error, Lumpkin urges that the trial court erred in granting the summary judgment because there is, or should be, an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing inherent in the employer-employee relationship. He asserts that this covenant, applied to the instant case, would give rise to…