WERCS v. Capshaw

GOLDEN, Justice.

[¶ 1] In this wrongful employment termination case, the jury, having received appropriate instructions of applicable Wyoming employment law and a special verdict form, returned a special verdict finding that the employer had breached an oral employment contract which required cause for termination, and awarded the employee $223,656.00 as damages. On appeal, the employer assigns error in the trial court’s pretrial summary judgment determination that the employee could advance at trial the doctrine of substantial performance to counter the employer’s affirmative defense that the…