Springer v. Weeks and Leo Co., Inc.

CARTER, Justice.

Mary Springer, the plaintiff in a wrongful discharge action, appeals from an adverse judgment following a directed verdict for her former employer, Weeks & Leo Company (defendant). Plaintiff alleged that her discharge was due to her efforts in pursuing a workers’ compensation claim against her employer. She contends that discharging an employee for this reason so offends against public policy that the employer’s conduct should be recognized as an *559actionable, tortious interference with the contract of employment.

We agree that discharging an employee merely for pursuing the…