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LEWIS v. EQUITABLE LIFE ASSUR. SOC.

No. C8-84-1065.

389 N.W.2d 876 (1986)

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

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 3, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Kenefick, Kevin A. Berg, St. Paul, Robert M. Wattson, Scott M. Jefferson, Andrew W. Horstman, Minneapolis, for appellant.

James W. Kenney, Timothy R. Murphy, St. Paul, for respondents.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

Plaintiffs, Carole Lewis, Mary Smith, Michelle Rafferty, and Suzanne Loizeaux, former employees of defendant, the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (company), all hired for indefinite, at-will terms, were discharged for the stated reason of "gross insubordination." They claim that they were discharged in breach of their employment contracts, as determined by an employee handbook, and that they were defamed because the company...

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