Adams v. Green Mountain Railroad

¶ 1. Defendant Green Mountain Railroad Company appeals from a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff Barbara Adams on her claim that defendant violated public policy by firing her for reporting that a supervisor had grabbed her arm during a verbal confrontation. We conclude that the superior court erred by not granting defendant’s motion for judgment as a matter of law because plaintiff failed to sustain her burden of proving that defendant fired her for the reason she alleged rather than for the reasons asserted by the company. Accordingly, we vacate the jury’s verdict and remand the matter for…