RIDDLE v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

No. 82,293.

27 Kan. App.2d 79 (2000)

998 P.2d 114

HELEN M. RIDDLE, Appellant, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., and PATRICIA PARADISE, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed February 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Post, of Topeka, for appellant.

Alan L. Rupe and Dwight D. Fischer, of Husch & Eppenberger LLC, of Wichita, for appellee.

Before JUSTICE LOCKETT, presiding, MICHAEL F. POWERS, District Judge, assigned, and ROBERT G. JONES, District Judge Retired, assigned.


LOCKETT, J.:

Plaintiff/employee appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant/employer after the court's finding that the doctrine of after-acquired evidence was a complete defense to the employee's claim of wrongful discharge and, as a matter of law, that the employer was entitled to judgment on the employee's defamation claim.

Summary judgment is appropriate when the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and...

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