BALMER v. HAWKEYE STEEL

No. 98-1078.

604 N.W.2d 639 (2000)

Priscilla BALMER, Appellant, v. HAWKEYE STEEL, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 20, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Loeschen of Loeschen & Loeschen, Burlington, for appellant.

Martha L. Shaff and Peter J. Thill of Betty, Neuman & McMahon, L.L.P., Davenport, for appellee.

Considered by LARSON, P.J., and LAVORATO, SNELL, TERNUS, and CADY, JJ.


LAVORATO, Justice.

In this employment termination case, we must decide whether constructive discharge, standing alone, is an actionable tort in Iowa. The district court concluded it was not and sustained a motion for directed verdict as to an at-will employee's claim of wrongful termination. We agree and affirm.

Priscilla Balmer worked at Hawkeye Steel in Haughton, Iowa, from February 1994 to April 1996. She was an employee at will.

In July 1996 Balmer...

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