South Bend Community School Corporation v. Connie Grabowski

Summary

The Indiana Supreme Court held that Grabowski’s wrongful-termination claim could not proceed because her own theory showed that the school corporation acted partly to protect a school-board member’s grandson, rather than solely to avoid workers’ compensation liability. Because the evidence did not support the required sole-causation element, the trial court should have granted judgment on the evidence for the school corporation. The court reversed and remanded with instructions to enter judgment for the school corporation.