Legal Opinion
Short v. School Administrative Unit No. 16
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided August 14, 1992No. 88-226PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHorton, J.
The defendants appeal the denial of their motion to set aside, or for judgment notwithstanding, a jury verdict entered in Superior Court (Temple, J.) awarding the plaintiff, Richard S. Short, damages for the defendants’ wrongful termination of his employment in violation of State law, as well as of 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We reverse and dismiss the plaintiff’s wrongful termination claim brought pursuant to State law because Short’s allegation that School Administrative Unit No. 16 (the SAU) terminated his employment after he acted pursuant to a public policy failed, as a matter of law, to…
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