Shedd v. Gaylord Entertainment Co.

OPINION

BEN H. CANTRELL, P.J., M.S.,

delivered the opinion of the court, in which

WILLIAM B. CAIN and PATRICIA J. COTTRELL, JJ., joined.

The developer of a new country music record label made verbal offers of multi-year employment contracts to five music industry executives. The executives accepted the offers, but before work was scheduled to begin, the human resources manager of the label’s parent company sent letters to all five, rescinding the offers. The five executives brought suit against the parent company for breach of contract. The trial court granted the defendant’s Motion for Summary…