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Starnes Attorneys Umbach, Newton & Still Secure Favorable Ruling from Alabama Supreme Court

May 17, 2022 Starnes Attorneys Umbach, Newton & Still Secure Favorable Ruling from Alabama Supreme Court

Trip Umbach, Sybil Newton and Stephen Still secured a favorable ruling from the Alabama Supreme Court affirming a Rule 12 dismissal for our client on Tort of Outrage and Wrongful Discharge in Violation of Public Policy claims. The Supreme Court refused to extend the Tort of Outrage to a claim where the plaintiff alleged she was fired for refusing her employer’s request to lie to a government investigator and declined Plaintiff’s invitation to create a public policy exception to the employment-at-will doctrine in Alabama.

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