Legal Opinion
King v. United Parcel Service, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 23, 2007No. C051657PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RAYE, J.
This case is not about whether a long-term supervisory employee of United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS), asked or encouraged a driver to falsify a timecard to bring it into compliance with federal regulations limiting driving time, but whether UPS had an honest, good faith belief that the driver had violated its integrity policy when it fired him. There is no dispute the driver did falsify his timecard. The falsification occurred in mid-December 2002, about two months after plaintiff Richard King returned to work following a four-month medical leave of absence for a blood…
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