John Novosel v. Nationwide Insurance Company

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• recognizing that Pennsylvania courts have only applied the public policy exception to cases where no statutory remedy was available for the aggrieved party
• holding an employee-at-will has no claim against his employer for wrongful discharge except where the employment termination violates a 22 significant and recognized public policy
• recognizing a wrongful discharge claim where an employee was terminated for refusing to participate in the employer’s lobbying effort, in violation of the First Amendment
• finding dismissal of employee based on refusal to participate in political lobbying on behalf of employer a violation of First Amendment values
• finding dismissal of employee based on refusal to participate in political lobbying on behalf of employer a violation of First Amendment values
• finding evidence of public policy in free speech clauses of Pennsylvania and United States Constitutions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).