Swanson v. Eagle Crest Partners, Ltd.

Plaintiff brought this action against her employer for unlawful employment practices under ORS 659.030(1) and ORS 659.121(1) and for the common law tort of wrongful discharge. Defendant appeals from a judgment for plaintiff. We affirm.1

Defendant’s2 arguments in support of its first two assignments of error are consolidated in its brief, and we address them together. Defendant first assigns error to the trial court’s denial of its motion, made at the close of the evidence, to dismiss plaintiffs statutory claim. It also assigns error to entry of judgment in plaintiffs favor on that claim.…