Watson v. Idaho Falls Consolidated Hospitals, Inc.

SHEPARD, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered following a jury trial and verdict in favor of plaintiff-respondent Watson in her action for wrongful discharge from employment and from denial of a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. We affirm.

Watson was hired as a nurse’s aide by defendant-appellant Idaho Falls Consolidated Hospitals, Inc., in 1975: Although Watson was given an employee handbook when she was hired, no written employment contract was executed. During her employment Watson became eligible for and received medical, life and long-term disability insurance,…