CUMMINS v. EG & G SEALOL, INC.

Civ. A. No. 87-0114 L.

690 F.Supp. 134 (1988)

James J. CUMMINS v. EG & G SEALOL, INC.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

June 30, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Lauriston Parks, Raymond A. Marcaccio, Providence, R.I., for plaintiff.

David Rappaport, Boston, Mass., Frederick Bass, Providence, R.I., for defendant.


OPINION AND ORDER

LAGUEUX, District Judge.

The primary issue presented for decision in this matter is whether the Rhode Island Supreme Court will recognize a common law cause of action in tort in cases where an employer terminates an employee-at-will for reporting employer misconduct expressly prohibited by statute. In the past twenty years, a large number of jurisdictions in the United States has recognized such an action in one form or another. More importantly...

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