Legal Opinion
Franklin v. Swift Transportation Co.
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided July 12, 2006No. W2005-01062-COA-R3-CVPublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HOLLY M. KIRBY, X,
delivered the opinion of the court,
in which DAVID R. FARMER, J., joined. W. FRANK CRAWFORD, P.J., W.S., dissented.
This is a retaliatory discharge case. The former employee of a trucking company filed suit against the trucking company *523for statutory and common law retaliatory discharge, alleging that his employment was terminated due to his refusal to violate a Tennessee Department of Safety regulation that required the truck to carry an original “cab card” showing registration. The employer had directed the employee truck driver to deliver merchandise to a customer,…
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- John Desoto v. Yellow Freight Systems, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- Eaton v. McLainTennessee Supreme Court · 1994
- Stein v. Davidson Hotel Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1997
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