Winspear v. Boeing Company

In this wrongful discharge case, Compton D. Winspear appeals the order granting summary judgment to the Boeing Company and dismissing his claims of public policy violation, discrimination, and breach of an implied employment agreement. He argues that there were factual issues of whether Boeing’s articulated reason for firing him was a pretext, whether he relied on a promise from Boeing’s human resource department and, if so, whether that promise and his reliance created an implied employment agreement which Boeing breached. We affirm.

Compton Winspear began working for Boeing as an engineer in…