Court Opinion

ID: 9760548
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 01:00:10.008643+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:29:13.558018
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BURGESS,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent. This is a summary judgment case. In Kelley v. Apache Products, Inc., 709 S.W.2d 772 (Tex.App.— Beaumont 1986, writ ref’d n.r.e.), a case similar to the one at bar, a unanimous court held that a contract of employment for an indefinite time is not in violation of the statute of frauds if it is considered performable within one year. Miller v. Riata Cadillac Company, 517 S.W.2d 773 (Tex.1974). Further, an employment-at-will contract can be modified by an oral agreement. See Johnson v. Ford Motor Co., 690 S.W.2d 90 (Tex.App. — Eastland 1985, writ ref’d n.r.e.). Appellant’s affidavit, attached to his response to the motion for summary judgment, raises a genuine issue of fact concerning a modification. See Hathaway v. General Mills Inc., 711 S.W.2d 227 (Tex.1986).
I would reverse the granting of the summary judgment and remand the case for trial.