SEMORE v. POOL

Docket No. E006138.

217 Cal.App.3d 1087 (1990)

266 Cal. Rptr. 280

JAMES SEMORE et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. ERIC POOL et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Two.

February 2, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

L.M. Schulner and Timothy S. Camarena for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Robert F. Walker and Joseph L. Beachboard for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

HOLLENHORST, Acting P.J.

In this case, we find that the right of privacy in the California Constitution protects Californians from actions of private employers as well as government agencies.

Accordingly, when a private employee is terminated for refusing to take a random drug test, he may invoke the public policy exception to the at-will termination doctrine to assert...

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