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November 10, 2009

Discharge To Prefer Your Paramour

Alaska Employment Law Blog previewed an interesting case pending in the 9th Circuit. In the court below, a  a federal jury returned a $200,000 verdict for a woman, Martha Johnson, who claimed that her supervisor had fired her in order to hire his hoped-for paramour.   The jury relied on the covenant of good faith and fair dealing implied in all Alaska employment contracts.

Here are the following briefs:

Fred Meyer Opening Brief
Johnson Opening Brief
Fred Meyer Reply Brief
Johnson Reply Brief

Mitchell H. Rubinstein

November 10, 2009 in Employment Discrimination | Permalink

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