Griess v. Consolidated Freightways Corp.

CARDINE, Chief Justice.

We are presented with the following certified question from the United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit:

“Whether Wyoming law provides an employee, injured in the course of his employment, a cause of action against his employer for retaliatory discharge based upon a violation of the State’s public policy, where the employer discharges the employee as a result of the employee’s worker’s compensation claim and where the employee is not covered by the terms of a collective bargaining agreement.”

We answer this question in the affirmative.

The following facts are taken…