Patricia Manson v. Little Rock Newspapers, Inc., Doing Business as Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Patricia Manson sued her former employer, Little Rock Newspapers, Inc., asserting claims for age and sex discrimination under federal law as well as claims for wrongful discharge and for outrage under Arkansas law. The District Court 1 dismissed the claim for outrage under Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Later, the same court granted summary judgment for the defendant on Manson’s federal claims and on the remaining state-law claim. Manson appeals from the court’s summary-judgment order. 2

For reversal, Manson argues that summary judgment…