Davis v. George and Jesse's Les Schwab Tire Store, Inc.

Summary

The Idaho Supreme Court affirmed summary judgment for the former employer and owners on Davis’s false-arrest, defamation, statutory false-report, and breach-of-contract claims. The court held that Davis failed to identify record evidence creating a genuine factual dispute over knowing falsity or malice, that the alleged employment terms created at-will employment, and that the statutory claim lacked a private right of action. The court also held that the appeal was properly before it, that the respondents’ fee request was timely, and that Davis’s counsel must pay reasonable appellate fees as a Rule 11.2 sanction for relying on materials outside the record.