Legal Opinion
Gottling v. P.R. Inc.
Utah Supreme Court
Decided September 17, 2002No. 20010324PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWE, Justice.
INTRODUCTION
¶ 1 We granted this interlocutory appeal to decide whether the trial court correctly ruled that an at will employee who claims to have been discriminated against by her employer and who is unable to seek relief under the Utah Anti-Discrimination Act can pursue a civil action for wrongful termination in contravention of an alleged public policy against sex discrimination.
BACKGROUND
¶ 2 Plaintiff Toby Gottling alleges that her employer, defendant P.R. Incorporated, terminated her because she refused to maintain a sexual relationship with P.R. Incorporated’s owner,…
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