Whittaker v. Care-More, Inc.

OPINION

CONNER, Judge.

The issues in this case are whether the employee-at-will rule is still in effect in Tennessee and, if so, whether the plaintiffs-appellants 1 were employees-at-will.

The plaintiffs were discharged from their jobs at the defendants’ Monterey nursing home. Next they applied to the Tennessee Department of Employment Security for unemployment benefits. These benefits were granted.

The plaintiffs then filed this action alleging that they were discharged without “good cause” in “breach of an implied contract for an indefinite term.” The complaint also alleged a retaliatory…