Abrisz v. Pulley Freight Lines, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• mentioning that many courts have recently recognized the intentional tort of wrongful discharge in violation of public policy
• mentioning that many courts have recently recognized the intentional tort of wrongful discharge in violation of public policy
• Plaintiff, employee was terminated in retaliation for her making untrue statements concerning her employer in support of another employee's application for unemployment benefits. Held, plaintiff's termination did not violate any public policy.
• Plaintiff, employee was terminated in retaliation for her making untrue statements concerning her employer in support of another employee’s application for unemployment benefits. Held, plaintiffs termination did not violate any public policy.
• we first recognized the possibility of public policy exception
• first recognizing the possibility of public policy exception

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

36 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Palmateer v. International Harvester Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1981-06-08· cited 657×
• Thompson v. St. Regis Paper Company
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-07-05· cited 536×
• Phung v. Waste Management, Inc.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1986-04-16· cited 162×
• Springer v. Weeks and Leo Co., Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1988-09-21· cited 134×
• Fitzgerald v. Salsbury Chemical, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2000-07-06· cited 112×
• Northrup v. Farmland Industries, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1985-07-31· cited 97×
• Fogel v. Trustees of Iowa College
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1989-09-20· cited 88×
• Niblo v. Parr Manufacturing, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1989-08-16· cited 85×
• Wolfe v. Graether
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1986-07-18· cited 54×
• Rouse v. Farmers State Bank of Jewell, Iowa
  N.D. Iowa· 1994-09-29· cited 47×
• Thompto v. Coborn's Inc.
  N.D. Iowa· 1994-11-23· cited 41×
• Scholtes v. Signal Delivery Service, Inc.
  W.D. Arkansas· 1982-09-21· cited 40×
• Maus v. National Living Centers, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1982-05-12· cited 39×
• Janda v. Iowa Industrial Hydraulics, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1982-11-24· cited 39×
• Haldeman v. Total Petroleum, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1985-10-16· cited 36×
• Savodnik v. Korvettes, Inc.
  E.D. New York· 1980-04-23· cited 34×
• Fink v. Kitzman
  N.D. Iowa· 1995-03-29· cited 32×
• Palmateer v. International Harvester Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-06-12· cited 31×
• Campbell v. Eli Lilly & Co.
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1981-06-12· cited 31×
• Anthony Walker v. Ingersoll Cutting Tool Company
  Seventh Circuit· 2019-02-20· cited 28×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Fortune v. National Cash Register Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-07-20· cited 507×
• Frampton v. Central Indiana Gas Company
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1973-05-01· cited 448×
• Petermann v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 396
  California Court of Appeal· 1959-09-30· cited 340×
• Nees v. Hocks
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1975-06-12· cited 305×
• Monge v. Beebe Rubber Co.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1974-02-28· cited 299×
• Jackson v. Minidoka Irrigation District
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1977-04-21· cited 111×
• Worth H. Percival v. General Motors Corporation, a Corporation
  Eighth Circuit· 1976-07-21· cited 74×
• Allen v. Highway Equipment Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1976-02-18· cited 40×
• Harper v. Cedar Rapids Television Co., Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1976-08-30· cited 28×
• Drake v. Block
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1956-02-07· cited 25×
• Tschirgi v. Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1962-02-06· cited 23×