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- Title: Basin Elec. Power Co-op., Etc. v. Howton
- Author : Supreme Court of Wyoming
- Release Date : January 29, 1979
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 63 KB
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Basin Electric Power Cooperative-Missouri Basin Power Project appeals from judgment entered on verdict of a Platte County jury awarding $10,000 damages to William Howton, claimed by him to have resulted from termination of his employment with Babcock &; Wilcox, wrongfully required by Basin. Basin concedes that Howton had an employment contract with Babcock &; Wilcox and that this employment was terminated as the result of the intentional act of Basin. It is further conceded that Wyoming recognizes the tort of intentional interference with contractual rights. Wartensleben v. Willey, Wyo., 415 P.2d 613 (1966), Board of Trustees of Weston County School District No. 1, Weston County v. Holso, Wyo., 584 P.2d 1009, reh. denied 587 P.2d 203 (1978), and Kvenild v. Taylor, Wyo., 594 P.2d 972 (1979). Basin contends that the evidence is such as to establish as a matter of law that Basin was legally justified in bringing about the termination of the employment. We hold that the question of justification was one for the jury, and that there was sufficient evidence to warrant submission of the cause to the jury.