Legal Opinion
Liberatore, James v. Melville Corp
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 16, 1999No. 96-7067PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.
ROGERS, Circuit Judge:
James Liberatore appeals from the grant of summary judgment to his former employer, the Melville Corporation (“Melville”) on his claim for wrongful discharge. Although hired as an at-will employee, he contends that his discharge was in retaliation for his threat to report to the Federal Drug Administration (“FDA”) the unlawful condition in which his employer was storing pharmaceutical drugs, and that his claim of wrongful discharge therefore falls within the public policy exception to the at-will employment doctrine…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- James B. Beam Distilling Co. v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Pierce v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1980
- Sheets v. Teddy's Frosted Foods, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- Adams v. George W. Cochran & Co., Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
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