Bleich v. Florence Crittenton Services of Baltimore, Inc.

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• holding that employee teacher had a duty under the law to report matters involving abuse of children, but was wrongfully terminated when she reported suspected abuse
• recognizing a wrongful discharge claim for an educator terminated for filing a report for child abuse and neglect, as she was explicitly required to do by Maryland law, COMAR 07.02.23.01.A and COMAR 07.02.23.06D(l)(c)
• An employee is not considered a third party if he or she acts within the scope of his or her employment.
• Fam.Law. Art. §§ 5-502(b), 5-702(1), and 5-704(a) provide clear mandate of public policy in favor of reporting child abuse
• employee punished for fulfilling the duty to report child abuse or neglect
• teacher terminated after fulfilling a statutory duty to report suspected child abuse

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).