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CONAWAY v. WEBSTER CITY PRODUCTS CO.

No. 87-902.

431 N.W.2d 795 (1988)

Merry CONAWAY, Appellant, v. WEBSTER CITY PRODUCTS CO., Appellee. Darlene PLAIN, Appellant, v. WEBSTER CITY PRODUCTS CO., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 23, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tito W. Trevino and James E. Fitzgerald of the Trevino Law Office, Fort Dodge, for appellants.

Lawrence A. Reich and Michael S. Sheehan of Lederer, Reich, Sheldon & Connelly, Chicago, Ill., and David H. Goldman of Black, Reimer & Goldman, Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and SCHULTZ, LAVORATO, NEUMAN, and SNELL, JJ.

LAVORATO, Justice.

In Springer v. Weeks & Leo Co., we recognized a common law tort action for retaliatory discharge based on the filing of a workers' compensation claim by an at-will employee. 429 N.W.2d 558, 559 (Iowa 1988). We said such conduct by an employer "offends against a clearly articulated public policy of this state." Id. We are now called upon to decide whether an employee covered by a collective-bargaining...

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