Vetter v. Cam Wal Electric Cooperative, Inc.

KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Must an employer establish that an employee actually committed misconduct in order to demonstrate good cause to fire the employee? In this wrongful termination suit, the employer requested a jury instruction that would have limited the jury’s role in reviewing the factual basis for the employer’s decision to fire its employee. With this proposed instruction, the jury would not decide whether the employee had in fact committed an infraction justifying termination. Rather, the jury would decide only whether the employer, acting in good faith after an appropriate…