Max Huber was the agency manager at Standard Insurances Los Angeles office. He was employed as an..

Max Huber was the agency manager at
Standard Insurances Los Angeles office. He was employed as an at-will
employee, and his contract did not specify any fixed duration of guaranteed
employment. Huber was discharged by the company after eight years because of
his alleged negative attitude, the companys increasing expense ratio, and the
agencys decreasing recruiting. Huber provided evidence that he had never
received negative criticism in any of his evaluations, and that his recruiting
had been successful. Huber demonstrated that, even though the company had a
decrease in recruitment

Max Huber was the agency manager at
Standard Insurances Los Angeles office. He was employed as an at-will
employee, and his contract did not specify any fixed duration of guaranteed
employment. Huber was discharged by the company after eight years because of
his alleged negative attitude, the companys increasing expense ratio, and the
agencys decreasing recruiting. Huber provided evidence that he had never
received negative criticism in any of his evaluations, and that his recruiting
had been successful. Huber demonstrated that, even though the company had a
decrease in recruitment during his employment, he himself had a net increase of
contracted agents of 1,100 percent. Huber claims that he was discharged because
he was asked to write a letter of recommendation about his supervisor,
Canfield, whose termination was being considered. Johnson, Canfields
supervisor, was disappointed with the positive recommendation that Huber wrote
because it made Canfields termination difficult to execute. Johnson is alleged
to have transferred Huber to expedite Canfields termination, and he eventually
discharged Huber in retaliation for the positive letter of recommendation. If
Huber files suit, what will the result be? [Huber v. Standard Insurance Co.,
841 F.2d 980 (9th Cir. 1988).]