Legal Opinion
Pugh v. See's Candies, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 27, 1981No. Civ. 45149PublishedCited by 248 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GRODIN, J.
After 32 years of employment with See’s Candies, Inc., in which he worked his way up the corporate ladder from dishwasher to vice president in charge of production and member of the board of directors, Wayne Pugh was fired. Asserting that he had been fired in breach of contract and for reasons which offend public policy he sued his former employer seeking compensatory and punitive damages for wrongful termination, and joined as a defendant a labor organization which, he alleged, had conspired in or induced the wrongful conduct. The case went to trial before a jury, and upon…
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