Wilcox v. Hy-Vee Food Stores, Inc.

SCHLEGEL, Judge.

The defendant employer appeals a jury verdict awarding plaintiff $100,500 on her wrongful termination claim. The employer made a motion for a new trial which was denied by the trial court. We affirm.

Plaintiff Rose Wilcox was employed by defendant Hy-Vee Food Stores, Inc., as a bookkeeper at a store in Des Moines, Iowa. In 1986 the store manager, George Norton, noted an increasing number of cash shortages. The assistant manager, Greg Dilla-vou, began an investigation, the result of which seemed to point to Wilcox.

On May 19,1986, Wilcox was interviewed by the Hy-Vee Safety and…