Ira Blake Phillips v. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

I respectfully dissent, but not because the Court’s opinion incorrectly states the current law of Georgia. Rather, I do so because we do not take advantage of the opportunity by available certification1 to get firsthand authoritative word from the Supreme Court of Georgia, not on what the decided precedents reveal, but on what Georgia would now hold on this new and appealing situation.

The Court’s opinion proceeds expressly on the assumption “that the sole reason for Phillips’ termination was that he gave truthful testimony harmful to Goodyear’s interests or that he refused to pérjure himself”…