Legal Opinion

Abrisz v. Pulley Freight Lines, Inc.

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided October 18, 1978No. 61145PublishedCited by 45 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LeGRAND, Justice.

Plaintiff was discharged from her employment with Pulley Freight Lines, Inc. because she voluntarily wrote a letter supporting a fellow employee’s claim for unemployment benefits in which she severely criticized her employer’s business policies. Her criticism was based partially on erroneous facts. Her claim for damages resulting from this allegedly improper discharge was denied after trial to the court. She appeals, and we affirm.

Plaintiff was an employee at will and concedes her employment was ordinarily terminable at any time by her employer. Harper v. Cedar Rapids…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Fortune v. National Cash Register Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
  2. Frampton v. Central Indiana Gas CompanyIndiana Supreme Court · 1973
  3. Petermann v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 396California Court of Appeal · 1959
  4. Nees v. HocksOregon Supreme Court · 1975
  5. Monge v. Beebe Rubber Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1974

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3Cited by45 opinions

  1. Palmateer v. International Harvester Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1981
  2. Thompson v. St. Regis Paper CompanyWashington Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Springer v. Weeks and Leo Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1988
  4. Fitzgerald v. Salsbury Chemical, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2000
  5. Northrup v. Farmland Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1985

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