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- Title: Miller v. Raytheon Aircraft Co.
- Author : Virginia Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 19, 2007
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 82 KB
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In this wrongful discharge case, Eric Miller, an airplane pilot, appeals summary judgments entered in favor of appellees Raytheon Aircraft Company (RAC), Raytheon Travel Air (RTA), and Flight Options, L.L.C. (FOC). Miller contends (1) summary judgment was improper on his wrongful discharge claims under the Sabine Pilot exception to the employment-at-will doctrine, and the trial court erred in considering hearsay in a summary judgment affidavit, (2) his wrongful discharge claims are not preempted by the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, (3) summary judgment on his breach of contract claims was improper because he was not an at-will employee, and (4) summary judgment was improper on his common law tort, conspiracy, and unpaid wages claims. We conclude that RAC and RTA established that they terminated Millers employment for a reason other than his refusal to perform illegal acts, negating the causation required for a Sabine Pilot claim as a matter of law. We further conclude that the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 preempts Millers Sabine Pilot wrongful discharge claim against FOC. Finally, the trial court properly granted summary judgment on Millers breach of contract and common law claims. We therefore affirm the trial courts orders granting summary judgment.