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BAUTCH v. RED OWL STORES, INC.

No. 48791.

278 N.W.2d 328 (1979)

Debra BAUTCH, Respondent, v. RED OWL STORES, INC., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

April 20, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hanft, Fride, O'Brien & Harries and William P. O'Brien, Duluth, for appellant.

Edward J. Matonich, Hibbing, for respondent.

Heard before SHERAN, C. J., and PETERSON and TODD, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.

TODD, Justice.

Debra Bautch, a restaurant employee of Red Owl Stores, Inc., was discharged for failure to abide by a company regulation prohibiting employees from eating or drinking restaurant supplies without paying for them. Bautch claimed the company had condoned such practices and sued for wrongful discharge. A jury awarded her damages. We affirm.

The facts are not in dispute. Bautch was hired as a waitress in the restaurant facility of Red Owl's Hibbing...

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