Adler v. American Standard Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• ruling that allegations about public policy that are “too general, too conclusory, too vague and lacking in specifics” do not establish a prima facie case
• holding that “bald allegations. . .do not provide a sufficient factual predicate for determining whether any declared mandate of public policy was violated.”
• holding that a plaintiff must plead and show that the alleged conduct violated a specific statutory provision, rule of law, or declared mandate of public policy to maintain a wrongful discharge claim
• holding that Maryland’s corporate fraud law did not clearly explain what the employer was legally bound to perform, or refrain from performing; thus, the employee’s complaint that he had been retaliated against for reporting employer’s fraud did not raise a clear wrongful discharge action
• recognizing common law cause of action for wrongful discharge when termination violates clear public policy
• uncovering improper accounting practices did not state cause of action because plaintiff unable to show any violation of state law

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