Retherford v. AT & T Communications of the Mountain States, Inc.

ZIMMERMAN, Justice:

This case is before us on appeal from a grant of summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s complaint. Debra S. Retherford sued her former employer, AT & T Communications, under several theories for harms arising from alleged sexual harassment by her co-employees. Specifically, she alleged that AT & T fired her in retaliation for complaining of being sexually harassed by her AT & T co-workers. She argued that such a discharge violated Utah public policy barring reprisals for reports of sexual harassment. She also contended that the discharge breached a term of her implied…