Wrongful Termination Cases

Collective bargaining agreement arbitration award public policy de novo factual finding waiver. The trial court's judgment vacating arbitration award reversed where trial court erroneously concluded that the arbitration award violated public policy.

Arbitration Agreement waiver scope. Trial court properly found that the parties' dispute was not governed by arbitration plaintiff's claims existed independently of the employment relationship and her R.C. Chapter 4112-based claims were not subject to arbitration due to lack of sufficient evidence…

Summary judgment in favor of appellee on claims of disability discrimination and retaliation is appropriate where appellant provided no evidence that he was able to perform the functions of the job, even with a reasonable accommodation, or that he engaged in a protected activity, respectively.…

Grant of summary judgment was proper in employment discrimination case where plaintiff failed to show existence of employment relationship between herself and business where she was assigned to work by contractor.

Former CEO brought an action for libel, false light invasion of privacy, and retaliatory discharge pursuant to the Tennessee Public Protection Act. In this appeal from the trial court's dismissal of the amended complaint pursuant to Tennessee Rule of Civil Procedure 12.02(6), we affirm the trial…