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LAGATREE v. LUCE, FORWARD, HAMILTON

Nos. B124263, B125272.

88 Cal.Rptr.2d 664 (1999)

74 Cal.App.4th 1105

Donald LAGATREE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. LUCE, FORWARD, HAMILTON & SCRIPPS LLP, Defendant and Respondent. Donald Lagatree, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Keesal, Young & Logan, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

Review Denied January 19, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ACLU Foundation of Southern California, David S. Schwartz and Mark D. Rosenbaum, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, Charles A. Bird and Kelly Capen Douglas, San Diego, for Defendant and Respondent Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps.

Keesal, Young & Logan, Ben R. Suter, San Francisco, Dawn M. Schock, Long Beach, and Lisa M. Bertain, San Francisco, for Defendant and Respondent Keesal, Young & Logan.

Sidley & Austin, Jeffrey A. Berman, Los Angeles, and Octavio A. Pedroza, for Employers Group as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

MASTERSON, J.

This appeal presents the question of whether an employee can state a cause of action for wrongful termination in violation of public policy where he was discharged in 1997 for refusing to sign a predispute arbitration agreement requiring that workrelated disputes be resolved through binding arbitration. We conclude that the termination did not violate public policy.

BACKGROUND

In September 1993, plaintiff Donald Lagatree, a legal secretary...

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