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GANDY v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

No. 21035.

872 P.2d 859 (1994)

117 N.M. 441

Susan GANDY and Carl Gandy, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

March 31, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cherpelis & Salazar, P.A., Timothy L. Salazar, Jeffrey S. Landers, Albuquerque, for defendant-appellant.

Kenneth R. Wagner & Associates, P.A., Kenneth R. Wagner, Phillip P. Baca, Albuquerque, for plaintiffs-appellees.

OPINION

MONTGOMERY, Chief Justice.

The question is whether a common-law tort action for retaliatory discharge may be brought when the claimant alleges that she was discharged from her employment because she earlier sought relief against her employer under the New Mexico Human Rights Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 28-1-1 to -15 (Repl.Pamp.1991). We hold that it may.

I.

On July 14, 1988, Susan Gandy filed a discrimination complaint against...

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