Kinzel v. Discovery Drilling, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing potential claim for retaliatory discharge based on evidence suggesting that employer’s reasons for termination violated public policy
• describing how proponent bearing burden of production must establish prima facie case of given fact
• considering whether prefatory phrase \I wonder\ made allegedly defamatory statement protected conjecture
• considering whether prefatory phrase \I wonder\ made allegedly defamatory statement protected conjecture
• allowing tort remedy to protect employee whistleblowers who file safety complaints
• recognizing common law remedy for retaliatory discharge

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).