Sapp v. Government Employees Ins
Kendall Sapp was employed by Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO) as a supervisor of telephone claims representatives. GEICO terminated her for what they claimed were deficiencies in her performance. Sapp in turn asserted she was fired for complaining about her unit's excessive workload, which she alleged violated state requirements for fair claims processing.
Sapp sued GEICO and two of her supervisors, Rick Hoagland and April Warford, for wrongful termination in violation of public policy, breach of contract not to terminate without good cause, defamation, failure to pay profit sharing, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. GEICO moved for summary judgment and the court granted the motion.
On appeal Sapp asserts the court erred in granting summary judgment because (1) the wrongful termination in violation of public policy claim is supported by Sapp's complaints GEICO was violating statutes and regulations enacted to benefit the general public; (2) the claim for breach of contract not to terminate without good cause is supported by substantial evidence; (3) there are material disputed facts on her defamation claim; (4) she is entitled to her vested profit-sharing bonus for work in 2007; and (5) she suffered severe emotional distress.
We affirm.
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