Taghivand v. Rite Aid Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing the General Assembly as the primary source of the state’s public policy (citation omitted)
• recognizing that the “ ‘primary source of the declaration of the public policy of the state is the General Assembly; the courts assume this prerogative only in the absence of legislative declaration’ ” (quoting Citizens’ Bank v. Heyward, 135 S.C. 190, 204, 133 S.E. 709, 713 (1925))
• holding the primary source of the declaration of public policy in this state is the General Assembly, and our courts assume this prerogative only in the absence of legislative declaration
• stating the public policy exception to at-will employment applies when “an employer requires an employee, as a condition of continued employment, to break the law ” (emphasis added)
• declining to extend the public policy discharge exception where employee was discharged after reporting to the police that a crime, not involving his employer, occurred at his place of employment
• “While we have made clear that the exception is not limited to these situations, we have specifically recognized no others.” (internal quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).