Sanchez V. New Mexican

Plaintiff-Appellant Walter Sanchez (Sanchez) filed suit against Defendant-Appellee The New Mexican (Employer), a corporation which publishes a daily newspaper in Santa Fe. In a five-count complaint, Sanchez alleged that, in discharging him from his job, his Employer (1) breached an implied contract of employment set forth in the Employer's "Employee Policy Handbook"; (2) breached a covenant of good faith and fair dealing; (3) acted in retaliation for having uncovered the Employer's illegal non-payment of gross receipts taxes; (4) acted negligently in not warning him of his impending discharge; and (5) intentionally or recklessly inflicted upon him emotional distress.