Daddis v. Navajo Arts & Crafts Enterprise

OPINION

SLOAN and SHIRLEY

filed the opinion of the Court.

This appeal concerns the dismissal of an employee’s complaint upon an employer’s motion to dismiss and whether an eviden-tiary hearing rather than a hearing on the motion was required. The Court reverses the dismissal on the ground that an evi-dentiary hearing was required and remands the case.

I

Karen Daddis (Appellant) filed a Complaint against Navajo Arts and Crafts Enterprise and TEME, Inc. (together referred to as “NACE”) under the Navajo Preference in Employment Act on January 18, 2011. Appellant claimed NACE terminated her employment…