Crenshaw v. Bozeman Deaconess Hospital

Bozeman Deaconess Hospital appeals from a judgment on a jury verdict entered by the District Court of the Eighteenth Judicial District of the State of Montana, in and for the County of Gallatin, in favor of respondent, Shirley Crenshaw, on her claim for relief from the termination of her employment.

On December 1, 1981, Crenshaw commenced employment with the Hospital as a respiratory therapist. Prior to that time, she had been employed by an independently operated respiratory therapy department which contracted services to the Hospital. The department was purchased by the Hospital on December…