Tullis v. Merrill

How courts have described this case

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• holding “Iowa Code chapter 91A plainly articulates a public policy prohibiting the firing of an employee in response to a demand for wages due under an agreement with the employer” (emphasis added)
• considering a statute that not only permits employees to file claims for wages, but expressly prohibits an employer from discharging employee for filing a claim for wages
• finding a statute that expressly prohibited an employer from discharging an employee for filing a claim for wages to clearly articulate a public policy
• affirming punitive damage award of $40,000 for discharging an employee in retaliation for employee’s demanding back wages
• affirming punitive damage award against an employer who retaliated against an employee in violation of the public policy expressed in Iowa’s Wage Payment Collection Law
• affirming jury verdict in favor of plaintiff on wrongful discharge claim in violation of public policy and stating that the plaintiff countered the defendant’s legitimate reason for dismissal with evidence of pretext

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).