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HUYEN v. DRISCOLL

Nos. C2-91-304, C5-91-667.

479 N.W.2d 76 (1991)

Johannes K. HUYEN, Appellant, v. Andy DRISCOLL, City of St. Paul, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied February 10, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel R. Shulman and Timothy M. Burke, Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A., Minneapolis, for Johannes K. Huyen, appellant.

Clifford M. Greene and William J. Everett, Popham, Haik, Schnobrich & Kaufman, Ltd., Minneapolis, for Andy Driscoll, respondent.

Elmer B. Trousdale, Michael J. Vanselow and Peggy A. Gunn, Oppenheimer, Wolf & Donnelly, St. Paul, for City of St. Paul, respondent.

Considered and decided by SHORT, P.J., and RANDALL and LOMMEN, JJ.

OPINION

SHORT, Judge.

This matter arose from the 1985 study of the St. Paul Human Rights Department and the subsequent resignation of that department's director, Dr. Johannes K. Huyen. Huyen sued the city and commission member Andrew Driscoll, alleging seven statements in a report were defamatory and caused an intolerable work environment. A jury awarded Huyen $1.5 million for his defamation claim and $300,000 for his constructive discharge claim. Respondents...

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