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RAY v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

No. 20130940.

359 P.3d 614 (2015)

2015 UT 83

Shawn H. RAY, Gabriel M. Stewart, Lori Poulsen, Derek Holt, and Eric Hunter, Appellants, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Utah.

September 17, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lorraine P. Brown , Dennis A. Gladwell , Ogden, for appellants.

Kathleen W. Toth , James E. Ji , Salt Lake City, for appellee.

Chief Justice DURRANT authored the opinion of the Court, in which Justice DURHAM, Justice PARRISH, and Judge VOROS joined. Associate Chief Justice LEE filed a dissenting opinion. Due to his retirement, Justice NEHRING, did not participate herein; Court of Appeals Judge J. FREDERIC VOROS sat. Justice DENO G. HIMONAS became a member of the Court on February 13, 2015, after oral argument in this matter, and accordingly did not participate.

Introduction

¶ 1 Under the at-will employment doctrine, an employer has broad discretion to manage its workforce and may, accordingly, fire an employee for any reason not prohibited by law. But there are several exceptions to at-will employment, including when an employee's termination...

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