Legal Opinion
Rulon-Miller v. International Business MacHines Corp.
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 29, 1984No. A016455PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RUSHING, J. *
International Business Machines (IBM) appeals from the judgment entered against it after a jury awarded $100,000 compensatory and $200,000 punitive damages to respondent (Virginia Rulon-Miller) on claims of wrongful discharge and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Rulon-Miller was a low-level marketing manager at IBM in its office products division in San Francisco. Her termination as a marketing manager at IBM came about as a result of an accusation made by her immediate super visor, defendant Callahan, of a romantic relationship with the manager of a rival…
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