Panopulos v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.

Opinion

FOGEL, J. *

Plaintiff appeals from a summary judgment in favor of defendants in an action for wrongful constructive discharge. We conclude that subsequent California Supreme Court decisions compel dismissal of plaintiff’s discharge-related tort claims regardless of whether summary judgment was warranted at the time of the trial court’s ruling (Foley v. Interactive Data Corp. (1988) 47 Cal.3d 654 [254 Cal.Rptr. 211, 765 P.2d 373]; Newman v. Emerson Radio Corp. (1989) 48 Cal.3d 973 [258 Cal.Rptr. 592, 772 P.2d 1059]) and that plaintiff’s claims for intentional infliction of emotional…