Highhouse v. Avery Transportation

How courts have described this case

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

• discharge from employment constitutes violation of public policy and supports tort claim for wrongful discharge if employer terminates employee because employee made claim for unemployment compensation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

36 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Shick v. Shirey
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-08-20· cited 168×
• Weaver v. Harpster
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-07-20· cited 127×
• Hunger v. Grand Central Sanitation
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-01-18· cited 91×
• Helpin v. Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-04-01· cited 67×
• Dukowitz v. Hannon Security Services
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2014-01-02· cited 45×
• Spierling v. First American Home Health Services, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-09-24· cited 35×
• Rothrock v. Rothrock Motor Sales, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-09-28· cited 34×
• Mikhail v. Pennsylvania Organization for Women in Early Recovery
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-02-27· cited 22×
• Raykovitz v. K Mart Corp.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-09-27· cited 21×
• Krolczyk, G. v. Goddard Systems, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-05-23· cited 20×
• Carlson v. Community Ambulance Services, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-05-19· cited 14×
• Owens v. Lehigh Valley Hospital
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-11-07· cited 14×
• Deal, M. v. The Children's Hosp. of Philadelphia
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-11-19· cited 13×
• Bell v. Lackawanna County
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 2012-08-31· cited 12×
• Shick v. Shirey
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-03-19· cited 11×
• Weaver v. Harpster
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-10-21· cited 8×
• Rothrock v. Rothrock Motor Sales, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-09-25· cited 7×
• McDaniel v. American Red Cross, Johnstown Region
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1999-07-29· cited 7×
• Alliance Metals, Inc. v. Hinely Industries, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2000-08-15· cited 6×
• Harley v. Caneel Bay, Inc.
  Virgin Islands· 2002-03-22· cited 5×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Geary v. United States Steel Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-03-25· cited 514×
• Clay v. Advanced Computer Applications, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-06-05· cited 282×
• Yaindl v. Ingersoll-Rand Co. Standard Pump-Aldrich Division
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-10-31· cited 189×
• Field v. Philadelphia Electric Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-09-12· cited 188×
• Warner Co. v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1959-07-24· cited 129×
• Hunter v. Port Authority of Allegheny County
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-04-03· cited 123×
• Robert W. Perks v. The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
  Third Circuit· 1979-12-31· cited 121×
• Krajsa v. Keypunch, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-03-22· cited 96×
• Morosetti v. Louisiana Land & Exploration Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-09-15· cited 50×
• Kroen v. Bedway Security Agency, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-11-03· cited 46×
• Betts v. Stroehmann Bros.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-07-28· cited 34×
• Rettinger v. American Can Co.
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 1983-09-09· cited 30×
• Hershberger v. Jersey Shore Steel Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-05-29· cited 26×
• MacKen v. Lord Corp.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-02-01· cited 17×
• Monkelis v. Scientific Systems Services
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1987-02-03· cited 12×
• DeFelice v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-10-31· cited 2×