Theisen v. Covenant Medical Center, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding that a defendant was not liable under § 323 because the plaintiff “did not suffer any physical harm”
• holding that liability attaches if the employer can foresee that an employee will be required to disclose reasons for termination when applying for a new job
• recognizing the public policy exception and employee handbook exception to the doctrine of at-will employment
• denying claim of wrongful discharge based on negligent investigation into employee misconduct because plaintiff suffered no physical harm, as § 323 requires
• “The doctrine of employment-at-will, well-established in Iowa law, permits an employer or employee who is not under contract to terminate employment at any time for any lawful reason.”
• “The doctrine of employment-at-will, well-established in Iowa law, permits an employer or employee who is not under contract to terminate employment at any time for any lawful reason.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).