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· 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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