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GUY v. MUTUAL OF OMAHA INS. CO.

79 S.W.3d 528 (2002)

Ronald M. GUY v. MUTUAL OF OMAHA INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

July 12, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert E. Gerson and Thomas J. Walsh, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company.

Donald A. Donati and William B. Ryan, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellee, Ronald M. Guy.

Douglas S. Johnston, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee, and R. Sadler Bailey, Memphis, Tennessee, for the Amicus Curiae, Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association.

OPINION

WILLIAM M. BARKER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., E. RILEY ANDERSON, ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., and JANICE M. HOLDER, JJ., joined.

The principal issue in this case is whether the Tennessee "Whistleblower" Act, Tenn.Code Ann. § 50-1-304, preempts the common law tort of retaliatory discharge when an at-will employee is discharged for reporting illegal...

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