Legal Opinion
Sheets v. Knight
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided August 29, 1989No. TC 23-331; CA A41675; SC S35714PublishedCited by 148 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeterson, C. J.
We decide whether an employee’s forced resignation may be a discharge so as to serve as the predicate for a claim of wrongful discharge. If a resignation may amount to a constructive discharge, then we must determine whether the trial court properly granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss the plaintiffs second claim for wrongful discharge.
THE PLEADINGS AND THE FACTS OF THE CASE
We take the facts from the plaintiff’s second amended complaint. The plaintiff, Robert Sheets, was employed by Tillamook County for 14 1/2 years as a building inspector. The defendants Knight, Williams and Woodward,…
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