JACKSON v. MORRIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP.

No. S-01-1355.

657 N.W.2d 634 (2003)

265 Neb. 423

Cathy L. JACKSON, Appellant, v. MORRIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, doing business as York News-Times, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

March 7, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stefanie J. Flodman, of Johnson, Flodman, Guenzel & Widger, for appellant.

Charles W. Campbell, of Angle, Murphy, Valentino & Campbell, P.C., York, for appellee.

HENDRY, C.J., and WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, McCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ.


CONNOLLY, J.

This case presents the question whether this court should recognize a cause of action for retaliatory discharge when an employer discharges an employee for filing a workers' compensation claim. Cathy L. Jackson appeals the district court's dismissal of her petition based upon the failure to state a cause of action. The petition alleged that Morris Communications Corporation, doing business as York News-Times, terminated her employment because she filed...

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