were employees of Williamson
Memorial Hospital, but were discharged for copying patient medical
records and taking them out of the Emergency Room, in violation of
hospital policy. They filed separate law suits alleging wrongful dis-
charge. The cases were consolidated, and a jury trial was held in
December 1996.

At trial, the defendant presented the testimony of three witnesses
who saw or participated in the events in question. Bonita Barker testi-
fied that she was talking on the telephone and saw Miss Jude take
patient medical records out of the cabinet where they are stored. She
further testified that she watched Miss Jude carry the records to the
copying machine and copy them. Miss Barker testified that after the
records were copied, Miss Jude placed them in a green folder and
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