· 5/19/1898
Riou v. Rockport Granite Co.
Citations
- 171 Mass. 162
- 50 N.E. 525
- 1898 Mass. LEXIS 36
How courts have described this case
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- holding against the appellant where he had not represented that his employer was violating any law by its reported actions
- where this court held that the termination of an employee who divulges or threatens to expose mere deficiencies in an employer’s performance of its contractual obligations does not offend public policy
- employee terminated after threatening to report alleged employer misconduct to Arkansas Department of Human Services, an agency that had a contractual relationship with the plaintiffs employer and alleged misconduct related to underlying contract
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Judges: Morton
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