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CLIFFORD v. CACTUS DRILLING CORP.

Docket No. 67917, (Calendar No. 3).

419 Mich. 356 (1984)

353 N.W.2d 469

CLIFFORD v. CACTUS DRILLING CORPORATION

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided August 27, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shanahan & Scheid (by Clark Shanahan) for the plaintiff.

Cholette, Perkins & Buchanan (by Edward D. Wells) for the defendant.

Amicus Curiae:

Clark, Klein & Beaumont (by Dwight H. Vincent, John F. Burns, and Fred W. Batten) for Michigan Manufacturers Association.

KAVANAGH, J.

The issue in this case is whether plaintiff-employee's allegation that he was discharged as a result of an absence from work because of a work-related injury constitutes a cause of action as a public policy exception to the employment-at-will doctrine.

We hold that plaintiff has not pleaded a public policy exception to the employment-at-will doctrine and we reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals, Clifford v Cactus Drilling Corp, ...

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