· 8/21/2001
O'ROURKE v. Commonwealth
Citations
- 778 A.2d 1194
- 566 Pa. 161
- 17 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1602
- 2001 Pa. LEXIS 1800
How courts have described this case
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- concluding that petty acts of intimidation and harassment by supervisors did not constitute retaliation against employee’s terms of employment
- concluding that petty acts of intimidation and harassment by supervisors did not constitute retaliation against employee’s terms of employment
- holding that plaintiff who reported coworkers and supervisors committed “theft and mismanagement” reported wrongdoing for purposes of the Whistleblower Law
- holding that an employer may rebut a prima facie case of retaliation by demonstrating that it would have taken the same adverse employment action absent the employee’s good faith report of wrongdoing
- indicating that statutory words should be interpreted with reference to the context in which they appear
- indicating that statutory words should be interpreted with reference to the context in which they appear
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Judges: Flaherty, Zappala, Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman, Saylor
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