Martin Marietta Corp. v. Lorenz

In Lorenz v. Martin Marietta Corp., Inc., 802 P.2d 1146 (Colo.App.1990), the *102court of appeals reversed the trial court’s entry of a directed verdict against the plaintiff, Paul M. Lorenz, an at-will employee of Martin Marietta Corporation, on his tort claim against Martin Marietta for wrongful discharge predicated on Lorenz’s alleged refusal to perform an illegal act. The court of appeals held that Lorenz’s claim was cognizable in tort, that the standard for a wrongful discharge claim established in Cronk v. Intermountain Rural Elec. Ass’n, 765 P.2d 619 (Colo.App.1988), should be applied…