Thompson v. Friendly Hills Regional Medical Center

*547Opinion

CROSBY, Acting P. J.

Health care providers ought to know this rule: Above all else, do no harm.1 So should their attorneys when prescribing an appeal.

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Plaintiff Jessie Thompson worked as a nurse in the critical care unit of Friendly Hills Regional Medical Center in La Habra and had been employed there for 14 years. She was fired in April 1992 for allegedly falsifying her time sheets.

Thompson sued the hospital for breach of an oral contract not to discharge her without good cause and for breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. She alleged her termination was…