Parnar v. Americana Hotels, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a violation of a clearly defined policy is necessary because of the vague meaning of the term public policy
• noting that “the plaintiff alleging a retaliatory discharge bears the burden of proving that the discharge violates a clear mandate of public policy”
• recognizing “at-will” employment as being “terminable at the will of either party, for any reason or no reason”
• recognizing a cause of action in Hawaii for wrongful discharge in violation of a clear mandate of public policy
• recognizing an exception to employment at-will doctrine, holding that an employer may be held liable in tort where discharge violates a clear mandate of public policy
• lapse of one month between protected action and termination sufficient to create genuine issue on wrongful termination claim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).