Murphy v. City of Topeka

Cook, J.:

This is an appeal by plaintiff, Harold Murphy, a terminated employee, from the district court’s dismissal of his cause of action against defendants, City of Topeka-Shawnee County Department of Labor Services, Bill Bywater, Ann Newman, and Alonzo Harrison. Also involved is a cross-appeal by defendants and third-party defendants Board of County Commissioners of Shawnee County, et al., from a prior order of the trial court sanctioning a cause of action for wrongful retaliatory discharge from employment, heretofore unrecognized in this state.

Harold Murphy was employed by the Department…