Estes v. Lewis and Clark College

In this wrongful discharge action, plaintiff appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment for defendant. The trial court concluded that, on the record before it, an objectively reasonable juror could not find that plaintiffs position was eliminated in retaliation for engaging in allegedly protected activities, rather than because of legitimate budget concerns. We review the record in the light most favorable to plaintiff, as the nonmoving party, by giving her the benefit of all conflicts in the evidence and all reasonable inferences that may be drawn from the record as a whole. We then…