Remington Freight Lines, Inc. v. Larkey

OPINION

SULLIVAN, Judge.

John McClanahan (MeClanahan) originally filed suit against Remington Freight Lines, Inc. (Remington), and Richard Barbour, Remington's safety director.1 McClanahan, who was employed as a truckdriver, claimed that Remington wrongfully discharged him in retaliation for his refusal to violate Illinois law by driving his truck through the state with a load greater than the statutory maximum 78,280 pound weight limit. Upon appeal of both parties' motions for summary judgment, the Indiana Supreme Court held that McClanahan did possess a cause of ac*935tion for retaliatory…