Legal Opinion

Stephen Wesbrook v. Karl Ulrich

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided October 20, 2016No. 15-3870PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents issues under Wisconsin law on the scope of tort remedies a fired at-will employee might have not against his employer but against individual supervisors and co-workers. Plaintiff Dr. Stephen Wesbrook, a former employee of the Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, brought this lawsuit against Dr. Edward Belongia, a former colleague, and Dr. Karl Ulrich, the chief executive officer of the Marshfield Clinic. Wesbrook contends that Belongia and Ulrich tortiously interfered with his at-will employment, engineering his termination by publishing…

2Cases cited19 opinions

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  3. Rodney Todd, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Tiffany Todd v. Societe Bic, S.A., and Bic CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
  4. United National Insurance v. DePrizioIndiana Supreme Court · 1999
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