Sidney Diggs, IV v. Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling Co., Inc.

Because the majority’s disposition of the diversity case at bar extends the wrongful discharge doctrine of Toussaint v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Michigan, 408 Mich. 579, 292 N.W.2d 880 (1980) in a manner inconsistent with Michigan court precedent, I am constrained to respectfully dissent from the majority’s opinion.

This appellate review must determine if the defendant, in terminating its employee *930plaintiff Sydney Diggs (Diggs), breached a contract with the plaintiff to discharge him only for “just causes.” Diggs anchored his complaint solely upon a statement of Keith Haslam (Haslam),…