Goodman v. Wesley Medical Center, L.L.C.

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• affirming summary judgment where the only evidence of an unlawful motive was the employee's opinion or belief
• stating one of the claim elements is whether a reasonable person would have concluded the employer was “engaged in activities in violation of rules, regulations or the law pertaining to public health, safety, and the general welfare”
• “Becau se the [Kansas Nurse Practice Act] does not provide definite or specifi c rules, regulations, or laws, it 26 cannot be the basis for a retaliatory discharge claim.”
• to prevail on a retaliatory discharge claim, “the employee must prove that any whistleblowing was done in good faith . . . rather than for a corrupt motive like . . . personal gain”
• “Goodman fails to offer any legal authority for her arguments.”
• “Public policy cannot be determined on a subjective basis.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).