Supreme Court of California

Inducing the termination of an at-will employment relation is primarily an interference with the future relation between an employer and employee and, as a result, may be actionable under the standard applicable to claims for intentional interference with prospective economic advantage.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/12/2004
• Published 08/12/2004

Judges

• BAXTER, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Dwyer, Daly, Brotzen & Bruno, Toni Rae Bruno, Los Angeles, Marlin D. Wall and Ilan A. Charnelle, for Defendants and Appellants., Deborah J. La Fetra, Sacramento, and Timothy Sandefur, Rialto, for Pacific Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants., Ballard, Rosenberg, Golper & Savitt, John J. Manier, Linda C. Miller Savitt, Universal City;  Arter & Hadden, David Gurnick, Sue Bendavid-Arbiv;  Robert L. Reeves & Associates, Robert L. Reeves, Robert J. DuPont, Pasadena, and Richard M. Wilner, Long Beach, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.