GROCE v. FOSTER

No. 78068.

880 P.2d 902 (1994)

William GROCE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Bob FOSTER and Midwestern Services, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

As Corrected on Denial of Rehearing September 28, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Malloy III, Malloy & Malloy, Inc., Tulsa, and Leslie V. Williams, Jr., Earl H. Remmel, Williams & Remmel, Oklahoma City, for appellant.

Michael L. Darrah, Christopher J. Bergin, Huckaby, Fleming, Frailey, Chaffin & Darrah, and Clell I. Cunningham, III, Miller, Dollarhide, Dawson, & Shaw, Oklahoma City, for appellees.


OPALA, Justice.

This certiorari proceeding tenders an issue of first impression — whether, under the limited public-policy exception to the termination-at-will doctrine, first announced in Burk v. K-Mart Corporation,1 a wrongful discharge action will lie against an employer who fires an employee for the latter's refusal to dismiss his common-law negligence action against a third...

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