· 2/22/1989
Hamilton v. First Baptist Elderly Housing Foundation
Citations
- 436 N.W.2d 336
- 7 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1773
- 1989 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 25
- 50 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 39,038
- 58 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 243
- 1989 WL 13914
How courts have described this case
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- concluding that Northrup held that the civil' rights statute preempts independent common law actions also premised on discrimination
- concluding plaintiffs claim of wrongful discharge was premised on sex discrimination and was therefore preempted by the civil rights statute
- concluding ICRA preempted common law actions also premised upon discrimination
- finding Northrup forbids giving plaintiff a second bite of the apple in the form of an common law action
- judgment in favor of employee is warranted when employer offers no evidence to rebut employee’s prima facie case of employment discrimination
- preemp tion appropriate where a tort claim “boil[ed] down to an assertion of sex discrimination”
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Judges: McGiverin, Lavorato, Neuman, Snell, Andreasen
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