Marr v. City of Columbia

Toal, Justice:

Marr brought this action claiming that his employer, the City of Columbia (“City”), breached his employment contract when they terminated his employment and the termination was in retaliation for filing a Worker’s Compensation Claim. The Circuit Court granted the City summary judgment on the issue of whether Marr had an employment contract with the City based upon the employee handbook. Marr’s claim of violation of S.C. Ann. Section 41-1-80 (Supp. 1991) (retaliatory discharge) was tried on the merits by the judge. See Wallace v. Milliken & Co., — S.C. —, 406 S.E. (2d) 358…