Reuther v. Fowler & Williams, Inc.

SPAETH, Judge:

Appellant sued his former employer in trespass, alleging that he had been maliciously, wrongfully, injuriously and intentionally discharged from his employment in retaliation for his having taken a week off from work to serve on jury duty. After appellant’s evidence, the lower court entered a compulsory nonsuit; this appeal is from the court’s order discharging a rule to show cause why the nonsuit should not be taken off.

In general, there is no non-statutory cause of action for an employer’s termination of an at-will employment relationship. Geary v. United States Steel Corp.,…