(DOWNLOAD) "Dynan v. Rocky Mountain Federal S & L" by Supreme Court of Wyoming " Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Dynan v. Rocky Mountain Federal S & L
- Author : Supreme Court of Wyoming
- Release Date : January 08, 1990
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 71 KB
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The focus of this case is upon the question of whether a claim for wrongful discharge by an officer of a federal savings and loan institution appropriately is foreclosed by summary judgment on the ground that any genuine issues of fact lack materiality because of the preemptive effect of federal law. Two collateral issues are injected into this major theme. The first of those is whether the termination of employment must be held to be wrongful because it was contrary to public policy. The second is whether the individual who terminated the employment, also an officer and employee of the federal savings and loan institution, can be liable for tortious interference with a contract or prospective economic advantage. The trial court granted the motion for summary judgment presented by the federal savings and loan institution, essentially ruling that any issues of fact were not material because of the preemptive effect of federal law. It also held that there was no violation of public policy, as a matter of law, and invoked the rule that an agent is not liable for tortious interference with a contract with his principal. To the extent that the trial judge relied upon absolute federal preemption in this case, we are not in accord with his interpretation of the law, but we agree that, in the circumstances of this case, the employment contract was an employment at will as a matter of law and, therefore, any issues of fact relating to cause for termination are not material. We also agree that there was no violation of any public policy as a matter of law, and that an agent, an employee of a corporation, is not liable for tortious interference with a contract or prospective economic advantage relating to an employment contract made with his principal. We also are in accord with the trial court's disposition of an additional procedural question relating to the propriety of the denial of a motion to amend the complaint with respect to allegations of fraud. We affirm the summary judgment entered by the trial court, but justify that disposition in a somewhat different fashion.