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Article: Court: At-will employee can't file tort case if fired for violating public policy
- Article from:
- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- June 27, 2001
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OKLAHOMA CITY (JR) -- An at-will employee terminated for a reason
that violates state public policy may not bring a state tort claim
for wrongful discharge if the worker has an adequate federal
statutory remedy, the Oklahoma Supreme Court held Tuesday.
The case involved an employee of the Logan County Election Board,
Stacy Lynne Clinton, who alleged she was fired because she was
pregnant. The board argued that she was terminated because of
dishonesty, unsatisfactory work performance and her general work
attitude.
Clinton sued in federal court alleging pregnancy discrimination,
and had asked U.S. District Court Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange to allow
her to amend her complaint to add a claim of ...