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Parties Involved:
Brookover Cattle Feeders
Appellee
Jerry R. Haston
Appellant

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

JERRY R. HASTON, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

FILED 

Uoired Scates Ccurc of Appeals 

TP.:ith Cir~iit 

Sf Pl l 1989 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

v. No. 88-2990 

BROOKOVER CATTLE FEEDERS, 

Defendant-Appellee. 

(D.C. No. Civ-87-2360-A) 

(W.D. Okla.) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before McKAY, TACHA, and EBEL, Circuit Judges. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. Therefore, the cause is ordered 

submitted without oral argument. 

This is a wrongful discharge case involving Oklahoma law. 

Plaintiff alleges that he was fired in retaliation for seeking 

workers compensation benefits. On appeal, plaintiff contends that 

the district court erred in granting defendant's motion for 

summary judgment. 

* This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall not 

be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, except 

for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of the case, 

res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 36.3. 

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We agree with the district court that this case is controlled 

by the standards established by the Oklahoma Supreme Court in 

Thompson v. Medley Material Handling, Inc., 732 P.2d 461 (Okla. 

1987). In Thompson, the Oklahoma Supreme Court held that the 

issue of retaliation should not go to the jury unless the 

plaintiff presents evidence having "sufficient probative value to 

constitute the basis for a legal inference [of retaliation] rather 

than mere speculation,'' and that "the circumstances proved must 

lead to the conclusion with reasonable certainty and probability." 

Id. at 463. We do not think that plaintiff presented sufficient 

evidence to meet that burden. 

The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. The mandate 

shall issue forthwith. 

Entered for the Court 

David M. Ebel 

Circuit Judge 

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