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JERSEY v. JOHN MUIR MEDICAL CENTER

No. A093521.

118 Cal.Rptr.2d 807 (2002)

97 Cal.App.4th 814

Ester B. JERSEY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JOHN MUIR MEDICAL CENTER et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

Review Denied July 24, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Roy Johnson, The Johnson Law Firm, Pittsburg, CA, for plaintiff and appellant.

David Mitchell Lester and Elaine Vukadinovich, Musick, Peeler & Garrett, Los Angeles, CA, for defendants and respondents.

POLLAK, J.

The principal question presented by this appeal is whether a hospital that terminates an at-will employee for bringing a personal injury action against a former patient who had assaulted the employee during the course of her employment violates a fundamental public policy that supports a so-called Tameny claim.1 The trial court concluded that it did not and granted summary judgment to the defendant hospital. We agree...

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