Commonwealth courts have consistently held that discharges of existing employees based on accusations of criminal conduct do not fall within the public policy exception to the bar on such claims by at-will employees; thus,... Continue Reading
Employer was entitled to summary judgment in this wrongful discharge lawsuit where plaintiff, who was charged with but exonerated of theft charges, failed to identify criteria enough to uphold the public policy exception to the... Continue Reading
Plaintiff failed to support her claim that defendant rescinded a job offer in retaliation for her prior Equal Employment Opportunity activity where there was no evidence that any of defendant’s representatives knew of such... Continue Reading
Plaintiff did not need a right to sue letter from the Pennsylvania Human Rights Commission prior to filing this race discrimination case in state court. Plaintiff exhausted his statutory remedies when his amended complaint was... Continue Reading
In the 2019 Eastern District of Pennsylvania case Hewitt v. BS Transp. of lll., LLC, 355 F.Supp. 3d 227, the Honorable Jan F. DuBois held that the defendant employer may be held liable for discrimination by a non-employee, under... Continue Reading