REILLY v. WAUKESHA COUNTY

No. 94-1493.

193 Wis.2d 527 (1995)

535 N.W.2d 51

Mary Kate REILLY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WAUKESHA COUNTY, William Weber and Steven Turner, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided April 18, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Paul F. Reilly of Hippenmeyer, Reilly & Moodie, S.C., of Waukesha.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Jeffrey Wm. Bartelt of Hunter & Sommers, of Waukesha.

Before Wedemeyer, P.J., Fine and Schudson, JJ.


FINE, J.

Mary Kate Reilly appeals from a judgment dismissing her wrongful-discharge action. The issue presented is whether, under the public-policy exception to an employer's right to fire an at-will employee, an employer may fire an employee for refusing to comply with a superior's illegal order when the employer could reasonably conclude that the employee's refusal to comply with that order jeopardized significant lawful interests of either the employer or of the...

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