Cullen v. EH Friedrich Co., Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding as preempted defamation claim arising from letters prepared by company president as part of grievance proceedings
• “[a]llowing employees governed by a CBA to assert an independent common law claim of wrongful discharge would not be a commendable practice. It would deprive employer and union to establish a uniform and exclusive method for orderly settlement of employee grievances”
• “Allowing employees governed by a [collective bargaining agreement] to assert an independent, common law claim of wrongful discharge would ... deprive employer and union of the ability to establish a uniform and exclusive method for orderly settlement of employee grievances.’ ”
• under Massachusetts law, “[t]he cause of action [for wrongful discharge in violation of public policy] is only available to ‘at-will’ employees”
• Under Massachusetts law, “[t]he cause of action [for wrongful discharge in violation of public policy] is only available to ‘at-will’ employees.”
• Under Massachusetts law, \[t]he cause of action [for wrongful discharge in violation of public policy] is only available to 'at-will' employees.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).