Nguyen v. Technical and Scientific Application, Inc.

OPINION

COHEN, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether an employee who is constructively discharged, but not fired, may sue for wrongful termination under the Sabine Pilot exception to the em ployment-at-will doctrine. 1 We hold the employee may do so. Therefore, we reverse the summary judgment and remand the cause.

Facts

In late 1996, Nguyen worked as a network engineer , for TSA. He was ordered to load certain software onto personal computers. Nguyen believed this violated federal criminal copyright laws and refused to do it. 2 He was told that if he did not load the software, he would…