Reasoner v. Bill Woeste Chevrolet, Inc.

Painter, Judge.

The question in this employment-termination case is whether plaintiff-appellant Matthew Reasoner was an at-will employee for defendant-appellee Bill Woeste Chevrolet, Inc. (“Woeste”). Employment at will is a bedrock of Ohio law. The presumption is that all employment is at will. 1 We hold that Reasoner was such an employee as a matter of law and, therefore, affirm the trial court.

I. BACKGROUND

Before working for Woeste, Reasoner worked for an automobile dealership in Dayton, Ohio. He left that dealership and accepted a general-manager position with Woeste after negotiating a…