De Bay v. Wild Oats Market, Inc.

LIPSCOMB, S. J.

Plaintiff appeals a judgment of dismissal, predicated on various ORCP 21 motions to dismiss, of his common-law wrongful discharge claim against his former employer, Wild Oats Market, Inc. (Wild Oats), and two related corporate entities, Whole Foods Market, Inc., and Whole Foods Market Pacific Northwest, Inc. (the Whole Foods defendants). In his complaint, plaintiff contended, inter alia, that he was discharged in retaliation for exercising an important societal duty — viz., making complaints to his supervisors about wrongful corporate conduct and threatening to take his…