Hernandez-Nolt v. Washington County

In this wrongful discharge case, plaintiff appeals the trial court’s judgment in favor of plaintiffs former employer, defendant Washington County.1 Plaintiff asserts that the trial court erred when it granted a directed verdict to the county based on its conclusion that plaintiff was not fulfilling an important public duty, which is a required element of a wrongful discharge claim, when she truthfully complied with a federal auditor’s request for information about a federal program managed by the county. The county defends the trial court’s conclusion, and also proffers an alternative reason…