Legal Opinion
Jersey v. John Muir Medical Center
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 16, 2002No. A093521PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
POLLAK, J.
The principal question presented by this appeal is whether a hospital that terminates an at-will employee for bringing a personal injury action against a former patient who had assaulted the employee during the course of her employment violates a fundamental public policy that supports a so-called Tameny claim. The trial court concluded that it did not and granted summary judgment to the defendant hospital. We agree with this conclusion and affirm. However, we reverse an award of attorney fees made to the defendant under a related Fair Employment and Housing Act cause of…
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