United States Eighth Circuit

Summary judgment to defendant, a manufacturer of car air fresheners, on plaintiff's common law claim of retaliatory discharge in violation of public policy is affirmed where the district court properly found no genuine issues of material fact as to whether plaintiff's termination and her filing of a workers' compensation claim were causally connected.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/12/2006
• Published 07/12/2006

Judges

• RILEY, Circuit Judge., Before BYE, LAY, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mark R. Lawson, Maquoketa, IA, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Frank Boyd Harty, Des Moines, IA (Debra L. Hulett, on the brief), for appellee.