Legal Opinion
Jasper v. H. Nizam, Inc.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided March 5, 2009No. 05-1994PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CADY, Justice.
In this appeal, we face several issues of first impression in the continuing development of our tort of wrongful discharge in violation of public policy. Primarily, we must decide whether an administrative regulation may be a source of public policy to restrict the rights of an employer in this state to discharge an at-will employee. We also consider whether a corporate officer may be individually responsible for the tort and address a number of issues relating to damages, including the excessiveness of an award of emotional-distress damages.
We conclude administrative…
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