Fisher v. Jackson

A newspaper (defendant) advertised a 'permanent' reporter position; an employee (plaintiff) was interviewed, hired, and left his existing job at a bakery to begin working for the newspaper. After his employment ended, he sued for breach of an oral employment agreement, arguing the parties had agreed his job would last for life and that he suffered a loss by leaving the bakery in reliance on that promise. The trial court denied the newspaper's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and the newspaper appealed.