Legal Opinion
Gandy v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided March 31, 1994No. 21035PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MONTGOMERY, Chief Justice.
The question is whether a common-law tort action for retaliatory discharge may be brought when the claimant alleges that she was discharged from her employment because she earlier sought relief against her employer under the New Mexico Human Rights Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 28-1-1 to - 15 (Repl.Pamp.1991). We hold that it may.
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On July 14, 1988, Susan Gandy filed a discrimination complaint against her employer, Wal-Mart Stores, with the Human Rights Division of the New Mexico Department of Labor (the Division), charging that she was discriminated against because…
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