Frankson v. Design Space International

I respectfully dissent.

We are initially confronted with the bizarre result of the jury finding that Frank-son was employed at will, that there was no breach of his written employment contract, that he was not wrongfully terminated by DSI, and yet that he is entitled to $195,000 in general and punitive damages based solely on an internal termination letter which was shown only to those corporate employees within the chain of command who needed to know and without any evidence from Frankson of any damage.

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