Field v. Philadelphia Electric Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that allegations that defendant deliberately exposed plaintiff to dangerous levels of radiation was sufficient to allege a cause of action for battery
• recognizing a wrongful discharge claim where an employee was terminated for performing his statutory duty to report nuclear safety violations
• stating that “intent extends both to the desired consequences and to the consequences substantially certain to follow from the act.”
• holding termination wrongful when employee had a statutory duty to report violations
• holding termination wrongful when employee had a statutory duty to report violations
• public has interest in being protected from radiation dangers and plaintiff had statutory duty to act

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).