· 4/1/2005
Shrout v. the TFE Group
Citations
- 161 S.W.3d 351
- 22 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1294
- 2005 Ky. App. LEXIS 90
- 2005 WL 736262
How courts have described this case
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- dismissing wrongful discharge claim because federal, not state, regulation was at issue and because federal regulation concerned employee drug testing that was aimed primarily at ensuring passenger safety rather than protecting employees
- dismissing wrongful discharge claim because federal, not state, regulation was at issue and because federal regulation concerned employee drug testing that was aimed primarily at ensuring passenger safety rather than protecting employees
- “Underpinning any cause of action for wrongful discharge is KRS 446.070.”
- “[T]he public policy must be defined by statute and must be directed at providing statutory protection to the worker in his employment situation.”
- “Shrout’s claim is not that he was fired for failing or refusing to violate a law in the course of his employment . . . .”
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Judges: Schroder, Taylor, Vanmeter
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