Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 3, 1986No. C8-84-1065PublishedCited by 273 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMDAHL, Chief Justice.
Plaintiffs, Carole Lewis, Mary Smith, Michelle Rafferty, and Suzanne Loizeaux, former employees of defendant, the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (company), all hired for indefinite, at-will terms, were discharged for the stated reason of “gross insubordination.” They claim that they were discharged in breach of their employment contracts, as determined by an employee handbook, and that they were defamed because the company knew that they would have to repeat the reason for their discharges to prospective employers. A Ramsey county jury awarded…
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