Arnold v. S.J.L. of Kansas Corp.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Herd, J.:

Plaintiff David M. Arnold brought this civil action against the owner of a Wichita television station, S.J.L. of Kansas Corp., formerly known as the Kansas State Network, Inc., claiming breach of his employment contract.

The facts out of which this controversy arose are as follows. In 1978, Arnold was employed as a photographer for WCPO, a television station in Cincinnati, Ohio. He had previously worked in Wichita for two months under Ron Williams, the chief photographer at KARD-TV, Channel 3. In late 1978, Williams called Arnold on several…