Casaus v. Dine College

OPINION

This ease concerns whether, in a proceeding before the Navajo Nation Labor Commission, an employer may present evidence justifying the termination of an employee that it discovered after it issued a notice of termination to the employee. The Court holds that, for purposes of calculating damages, the Commission should have allowed such evidence, and therefore erred.

I

Diñé College (College) terminated Bernice Casaus, the dean of its Shiprock branch campus, through a notice of termination issued on February 7, 2003. Almost immediately after issuing the termination notice, the College…