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Jun 19, 2023

IA Supreme Court: Nature of Damages, Not Framing of Tort, Determines Viability of Civil Action Against Employer

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In a case in which a jury awarded $400,000 to a former employee who contended that she had been forced to quit her job after just three months because her...

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