Ballalatak v. All Iowa Agriculture Ass'n

STREIT, Justice.

A supervisor was fired after injecting himself into workers’ compensation claims made by other employees. The trial court found his at-will status allowed the firing because no public policy protects an employee who internally advocates for the workers’ compensation claim of another employee. We affirm for the same reason.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

Aaron Ballalatak worked for All Iowa Agriculture Association d/b/a Hawkeye Downs 1 as a security supervisor. 2 On September 14, 2006, two Hawkeye Downs security employees — Matt Kirk and Austin Pavlicek — were injured in a…