Trobaugh v. Hy-Vee Food Stores, Inc.

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

We granted further review to examine a court of appeals decision reversing the district court’s judgment for defendants in a law action commenced under the Iowa Civil Rights Act, Iowa Code chapter 601A (1979). 1 We vacate the decision of the court of appeals and affirm the judgment entered in the trial court.

Plaintiff Mark A. Trobaugh began working at the Hy-Vee food store in LeMars while still in high school. When he graduated from high school at age twenty, Tro-baugh became a full-time employee. Although he was given various job titles, plaintiff performed only the…