Collins v. AmSouth Bank

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the plaintiff failed to show a whistleblowing claim because she failed to present any proof that she reported or attempted to report the alleged illegal activity
• observing that “the primary difference between the common law and statutory [retaliatory discharge] claims is that, to benefit from statutory protection, an employee must demonstrate that his or her refusal was the sole reason for his or her discharge”
• referring to “[p]ersons asserting . . . a . . . whistleblowing claim.”
• “Therefore, the primary difference between the common law and statutory claims is that, to benefit from statutory protection, an employee must demonstrate that his or her refusal [to participate in illegal conduct] was the sole reason for his or her discharge”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).