Martin v. Osborne

OPINION

VANMETER, Judge.

Michael Martin appeals from a judgment entered by the Daviess Circuit Court after a jury found for appellee David Osborne in Martin’s action seeking damages for wrongful termination. We affirm.

Martin began working as a deputy jailer at the Daviess County Detention Center in October 1986. He had achieved the rank of captain by the time Osborne became the jailer in January 2003 after winning a contested election.

In December 2002, prior to taking office, Osborne received a phone call from a woman who claimed that while she was an inmate, she and Martin repeatedly engaged…