Legal Opinion
Lukoski v. Sandia Indian Management Co.
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided January 7, 1988No. 16462PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RANSOM, Justice.
Scott J.L. Lukoski brought a wrongful discharge action against his employer, Sandia Indian Management Go. (SIMCO). Lukoski had been employed as general manager of the Sandia Pueblo bingo operation. In a bench trial, the court decided that SIMCO violated the termination procedures prescribed for “less serious” offenses by an employee handbook. For salary due on the remaining term of his one-year oral contract, Lukoski was awarded $18,629.05. We affirm.
The court found that, in October 1983, Lukoski and SIMCO entered into a one-year oral employment agreement under which…
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