employee fired for refusing to sign a false and arguably tortious statement was fulfilling a societal obligation and could recover for wrongful discharge
How later courts described this case
- employee fired for refusing to sign a false and arguably tortious statement was fulfilling a societal obligation and could recover for wrongful discharge
- declined to sign a false and arguably tortious statement regarding a co-employee
- at-will employee could not be discharged lawfully for refusing to sign a false statement
- stating the purpose for taking exceptions
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
CAMPBELL, J.,
dissenting.
I dissent. I would affirm the Court of Appeals. That court reached the right result for the correct reasons.