Legal Opinion

Drobny v. Boeing Co.

Court of Appeals of Washington

Decided October 30, 1995No. 34787-0-IPublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Kennedy, A.C. J.

Douglas Drobny appeals a summary judgment dismissing his claim against The Boeing Company for breach of an implied employment contract. Boeing fired Drobny after he admitted to calculating the salaries of coemployees using Boeing financial cost data, to which he had access by virtue of his job as a systems analyst. Drobny failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact concerning whether Boeing, through Administrative Procedure 580 ("AP 580”), made promises to Drobny of specific treatment in specific circumstances regarding employee discipline. The trial court did not abuse…

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