Legal Opinion
Shick v. Shirey
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 20, 1998No. 82 W.D. Appeal Docket 1997PublishedCited by 154 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ZAPPALA, Justice.
This appeal presents a question of first impression of whether Pennsylvania law recognizes a common law cause of action for wrongful discharge of an at-will employee for filing a workers’ compensation claim. We hold that an at-will employee who alleges retaliatory discharge for the filing of a workers’ compensation claim has stated a cause of action for which relief may be granted under the law of this Commonwealth.
On May 5, 1994, David L. Shick filed a civil action against his former employer, Donald L. Shirey, t/d/b/a Donald L. Shirey Lumber, alleging that Shirey had…
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