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· 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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