Legal Opinion
McGinnis v. Honeywell, Inc.
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided May 2, 1990No. 18103PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MONTGOMERY, Justice.
This is an employee’s wrongful-discharge case. The employee, Shirley McGinnis, sued her former employer, Honeywell, Inc., for breach of an implied employment contract and retaliatory discharge, seeking compensatory and punitive damages. The trial court granted Honeywell’s motion for a directed verdict on the retaliatory discharge claim and the claim for punitive damages, but submitted the issues of breach of an employment contract and compensatory damages to a jury. The jury found in McGinnis’s favor, awarding her damages of $515,161.00 for breach of her employment…
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