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CREWS v. BUCKMAN LABORATORIES INTERN., INC.

78 S.W.3d 852 (2002)

Julia Beth CREWS v. BUCKMAN LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

Rehearing Denied July 9, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald A. Donati and William B. Ryan, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Julia Beth Crews.

Frederick J. Lewis, Thomas L. Henderson, and Whitney K. Fogerty, for the appellee, Buckman Laboratories International, Inc.

David A. Burkhalter, II and Ronald A. Rayson, Knoxville, Tennessee, and R. Sadler Bailey, Memphis, Tennessee, for 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., and E. RILEY ANDERSON, ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, Jr., and JANICE M. HOLDER, JJ., joined.

The sole issue in this case is whether an in-house lawyer can bring a common-law claim for retaliatory discharge when she was terminated for reporting that her employer's general counsel was engaged in the unauthorized practice...

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