Legal Opinion
Gardner v. Loomis Armored, Inc.
Washington Supreme Court
Decided April 4, 1996No. 63060-7PublishedCited by 204 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDolliver, J.
— The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington asks whether an employer contravenes public policy when it terminates an at-will employee who violated a company rule in order to go to the assistance of a citizen who was in danger of serious physical injury or death. We answer in the affirmative.
Plaintiff, Kevin M. Gardner, worked for Defendant, Loomis Armored Inc. (Loomis), as a guard and driver of an armored car. On March 10,1994, Gardner and his partner, Steffon Sobosky, made a scheduled stop at a Seafirst Bank branch in Spokane. Sobosky got out of the truck and…
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