Kiray v. Hy-Vee, Inc.

Elite Kiray appeals the district court’s judgment in her action for defamation, false imprisonment, and racial discrimination. She argues the district court erred when it (1) determined a qualified privilege applied to Hy-Vee, Inc. (Hy-Vee) employees’ communications; (2) refused to grant her proposed jury instruction that control over a person’s property can serve to restrain that person; (3) dismissed her discrimination claim; and (4) denied her claim based on Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). We affirm.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings

Elite Kiray…