St. Edward Mercy Medical Center v. Ellison

Andree Layton Roaf, Judge.

This is a wrongful discharge case. The appellant, St. Edward Mercy Medical Center (St. Edward), employed the appellee, Patricia Ellison, as a cardiac monitor technician. Ellison was terminated after a delay in alerting the nursing staff that a patient, whom she was monitoring, was in ventricular fibrillation which resulted in the patient’s death. Ellison filed suit for wrongful discharge, and was awarded damages of $20,000 in a jury trial. During the trial, St. Edward’s motions for directed verdict were denied. St. Edward appeals from the denial of its motion for…