Labor/Employment,
California Courts of Appeal
May 26, 2020
Ruling broadens public policy in wrongful termination claims
By confirming a property interest in employment and fraud as a basis of a public policy claim (albeit in the context of Penal Code statutes), a recent appellate ruling has broadened the definition of statutorily based public policy, to the benefit of unjustly terminated employees.
William M. Crosby
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Assessing potential wrongful termination based on public policy claims can be challenging to plaintiffs' counsel where the line between bad faith, unethical behavior and illegal conduct is not clear. This point was underscored over half a century ago in Petermann v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 174 Cal. App. 2d 184 (1959), where the appellate court, in reversing a judgment for the employer on a claim by an at-will employee that h...
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