Tollefson

Maria T. Tollefson and her husband, James, appeal a judgment entered after the trial court granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment on a wrongful termination complaint arising from the Diocese’s failure to renew her one-year written contract for an administrative position as assistant high school principal. They essentially contend the trial court erred in granting summary judgment because a covenant of good faith and fair dealing required the Diocese to employ “objective standards” in deciding whether to offer her a new contract and that she could reasonably have expected continual renewals of the professional contract as long as she performed satisfactorily considering her long-term employment relationship during which her administrative contract had been renewed for seven successive one-year terms by agreements expressly assuring her “professional growth.” As we shall explain, the trial court correctly granted the Diocese’s motion for summary judgment because the Diocese and its employees fully conformed to the express terms and plain language of an employment contract obliging neither party to renew at the end of the agreed upon, fixed term. Accordingly, we…