California Court of Appeal

Hospital's termination of at-will employee for bringing personal injury action against former patient who had assaulted employee during the course of her employment did not fall under "fundamental public policy" exception to rule that employer may discharge at-will employee for any reason.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/16/2002
• Published 04/16/2002

Judges

• POLLAK, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Ronald Roy Johnson,The Johnson Law Firm, Pittsburg, CA, for plaintiff and appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David Mitchell Lester and Elaine Vukadinovich, Musick, Peeler & Garrett, Los Angeles, CA, for defendants and respondents.