VINCENT LEPORE, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,
v.
NATIONAL TOOL AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.
Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued February 2, 1988.
Decided April 11, 1988.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Vincent Lepore, appellant, argued the cause pro se and filed pro se brief.
Wayne J. Positan argued the cause for respondent (Lum, Hoens, Abeles, Conant & Danzis, attorneys; Wayne J. Positan and Elizabeth Ard of counsel and on the brief).
Clifford G. Stewart, Assistant Deputy Public Advocate, argued the cause for amicus curiae Public Advocate of New Jersey (Alfred A. Slocum, Public Advocate, attorney; Clifford G. Stewart on the brief).
Public Citizen Litigation Group and Ball, Livingston & Tykulsker, filed a brief amici curiae for A Democratic Union and Public Citizen (Sharon Treat, Paul Alan Levy and Alan B. Morrison, on the brief).
Before Judges PRESSLER, MUIR, Jr. and CONLEY.
Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.
The opinion of the court was delivered by CONLEY, J.S.C. (temporarily assigned).
This is an appeal by a union employee from a summary judgment dismissing his state court retaliatory discharge complaint against his former employer. It raises three significant issues not previously addressed in this State: (1) whether there exists a tort remedy for the discharge of a union employee in retaliation for reporting workplace...
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