Gandy v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

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• holding that an unlawful discharge under the Human Rights Act may provide the public policy basis for a claim of retaliatory discharge
• holding that an unlawful discharge under the HRA provides the public policy basis for a claim of retaliatory discharge
• holding that plaintiff may bring common-law tort action for retaliatory discharge when she alleges she was discharged from her employment because she earlier sought relief against her employer under the NMHRA
• holding that punitive damages may not be recovered under the NMHRA
• holding that an employee may bring a wrongful- discharge claim based on the public policy embodied in the state’s Human Rights Act despite statutory remedies because the Statute contained no exclusivity language and offered different remedies
• upholding concurrent jurisdiction of the Human Rights Division and the judicial system in the context of human rights claims

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