Bushko v. Miller Brewing Co.

The issues raised by the parties on this review are several; however, we find the controlling issue to be whether the narrow cause of action for wrongful discharge established in Brockmeyer v. Dun & Bradstreet, 113 Wis. 2d 561, 335 N.W.2d 834 (1983) encompassed the discharge of an employee for complaining about public policy matters.

Stephen S. Bushko was first employed by Miller Brewing Company in 1978 as a warehouse supervisor in Miller’s Fort Worth, Texas, plant. He transferred to Miller’s container plant in Milwaukee in 1981, where Miller manufactures its beer cans, and worked as a…