Lori McKenzie worked as a personnel director for Renbergs, Inc. She warned the company president that Renbergs

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Lori McKenzie worked as a personnel director for Renberg’s, Inc. She warned the company president that Renberg’s was going to be sued for specific violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act. After this encounter, the president stopped speaking to her and fired her sixteen days later. McKenzie sued the company for wrongful discharge. The company claimed that she had been fired for improperly and negligently notarizing a “contract” between two other workers for sexual favors. The jury ruled that she had been improperly fired, but the trial court overruled this finding, holding that the company had adequate legal grounds for firing her. McKenzie appealed. Discuss whether the trial court’s ruling should be upheld.

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Business Law Text and Cases

ISBN: 978-0324655223

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Authors: Kenneth W. Clarkson, Roger LeRoy Miller, Gaylord A. Jentz, F

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