Worrell v. Multipress, Inc.

We observe at the outset that defendants do not appeal the appellate court’s decision regarding the validity of the oral contract of employment. We therefore restrict our review to the damages awarded for the wrongful discharge, the transfer of stock, the jury instructions regarding libel, and the plaintiff’s cross-appeal claiming that he was wrongfully denied prejudgment interest.

I

First we consider whether plaintiff should have been denied recovery for defendants’ breach of the oral contract to transfer ten percent of Multipress, Inc. corporate stock to him.

During the latter half of 1982,…