In the case of Hammonds v. Beavercreek City Schools, 2021-Ohio-4022, the Second District Court of Appeals held that there was no basis for a former administrator to bring a wrongful discharge claim against the school board.
Here, the former administrator argued that the non-renewal of the administrator’s contract was retaliatory and that the administrator was wrongfully discharged. The Board argued that the former administrator was not an at-will employee so the administrator could not bring a wrongful discharge complaint. The Court of Appeals agreed.
The Court of Appeals reasoned that a contract non-renewal cannot be a wrongful discharge. As such, the Court held that the former administrator had no basis to bring a retaliation claim.
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Authors: Matthew John Markling and the McGown & Markling Team.
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