SCARPACE v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO.

No. 82-500.

113 Wis.2d 608 (1983)

335 N.W.2d 844

Marjorie E. SCARPACE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & COMPANY, a foreign corporation, and John Zander and Donald R. Beaver, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided July 1, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant there were briefs by Frank J. Schiro, James K. Muehlbauer and Salza & Schiro, Ltd., Milwaukee.

For the defendant-respondents, Sears, Roebuck & Company and John Zander, there was a brief by Patrick W. Schmidt, Mark E. Sanders and Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee.

For the defendant-respondent, Donald R. Beaver, there was a brief by Michael P. Malone, Kathleen E. Bonville and Zirbel, Howard & Malone, S.C., Milwaukee.


On certification from court of appeals.

STEINMETZ, J.

The issue is whether under the facts presented the plaintiff-employee, Marjorie Scarpace, can maintain an action for wrongful discharge against her employer, Sears, Roebuck & Company. There is also an additional issue of whether the plaintiff's complaint stated a cause of action for civil conspiracy.

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The wrongful discharge issue is governed by Brockmeyer v. Dun...

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