ESCALANTE v. WILSON'S ART STUDIO, INC.

No. G029742.

135 Cal.Rptr.2d 187 (2003)

109 Cal.App.4th 692

Hector ESCALANTE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. WILSON'S ART STUDIO, INC., Defendant and Appellant.

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

Rehearing Denied July 3, 2003.

Review Denied September 10, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Gary S. Bennett and Gary S. Bennett, Santa Ana, for Defendant and Appellant.

Mark Weidmann, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


OPINION

BEDSWORTH, Acting P.J.

An employer's right to terminate an "at-will" employment relationship is largely unfettered. For the most part, the decision can be both arbitrary and unwise—as it may have been in this case—without being actionable. The courts have limited an employer's right of termination only to the extent its exercise is based upon considerations antithetical to societal interests, such as unlawful discrimination or an employee...

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