Albert Z. Hodge v. Evans Financial Corporation

In 1983, this court concluded that Hodge was entitled to an opportunity to demonstrate that Jon Tilley, the president of Evans Financial Corporation, orally promised him permanent employment with Evans if he would give up his job in Pittsburgh and move to Washington. Under such a permanent employment contract, we concluded, Hodge could only be fired for a justifiable reason. See Hodge v. Evans Financial Corp., 707 F.2d 1566, 1567-70 (D.C.Cir.1983). In doing so, we reversed the district court’s ruling that all employment contracts of an indefinite nature are terminable at will as a matter of…