· 8/31/1992
Culler v. Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Citations
- 422 S.E.2d 91
- 309 S.C. 243
- 1992 S.C. LEXIS 181
How courts have described this case
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- emphasizing that the doctrine of employment at-will in its pure form allows an employer to discharge an employee for good reason, no reason, or bad reason without incurring liability
- emphasizing that the doctrine of employment at-will in its pure form allows an employer to discharge an employee for good reason, no reason, or bad reason without incurring liability
- finding employee would have a cause of action for wrongful discharge if he was discharged because he refused to contribute to a political action fund
- relying on Vanderhoff in finding that the “plaintiffs’ vaccine refusal likely is not the type of politically-based belief or opinion contemplated by § 16- 17-560”
- stating an action in tort is generally an action at law
- employee was terminated after he refused to contribute to political action fund, and his termination violated S.C.Code Ann. § 16-17-560
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Judges: Toal, Harwell, Chandler, Finney, Moore
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