Marcy v. Delta Airlines

Marcy (plaintiff), a longtime Delta (defendant) employee generally considered outstanding, submitted a payroll document with three unintentional errors; despite Delta's own practice of consulting employees about common payroll discrepancies, Delta terminated her, citing the errors alongside a prior incident where she'd falsified phone logs for personal calls. A jury found Marcy's payroll errors unintentional and that Delta had wrongfully discharged her under Montana's Wrongful Discharge from Employment Act (WDEA); the district court denied Delta's post-trial motions, and Delta appealed.