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LEWIS v. EQUITABLE LIFE ASSUR. SOC. OF U.S.

No. C8-84-1065.

361 N.W.2d 875 (1985)

Carole LEWIS, et al., Respondents, v. The EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF the UNITED STATES, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Granted March 29, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Kenney, St. Paul, for respondents.

John R. Kenefick, St. Paul, Andrew W. Horstman, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Considered and decided en banc: POPOVICH, C.J., and PARKER, LANSING, HUSPENI, FORSBERG, RANDALL and CRIPPEN, JJ.

OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge.

Respondents, four former employees of appellant, brought suit against appellant for breach of an employment contract and defamation. The trial court jury found that an employee handbook was sufficient to create an employment contract, and that appellants violated this contract and defamed respondents by stating grounds of "gross insubordination" when terminating their employment. The jury assessed compensatory and punitive damages...

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