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: Supreme Court of Texas BlogCan a worker who was fired for refusing to do an illegal act recover exemplary damages? [Mar. 11, 2011]
By Don Cruse
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That’s the question in the Safeshred, Inc. v. Louis Martinez, III, No. 10-0426 (DDB), which has now been chosen for oral argument by the Texas Supreme Court.
The employee’s claim against the employer is what’s known in Texas as a Sabine Pilot claim, named after a case in which the Texas Supreme Court recognized it as a new cause of action.
In this case, the employee was a truck driver who refused to carry a particular load, which he contended was illegal and unsafe. The comp read more
Full post as published by Supreme Court of Texas Blog on March 11, 2011 (boomark / email).
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