Dollar v. City of Ashford

Prior to the enactment of Ala. Code 1975, § 25-5-11.1, an employee at will could be discharged for any reason or for no reason at all. See Meeks v. Opp Cotton Mills, 459 So.2d 814 (Ala. 1984). In 1984, our legislature established a retaliatory discharge cause of action to deter employers from discriminating against workmen's compensation claimants who would have had no remedy, under the common law "employment at will" doctrine, for their wrongful termination. See Twilley v.Daubert Coated Products, Inc., 536 So.2d 1364, 1367 (Ala. 1988).

I do not believe that the legislature intended, however,…