Smith v. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

Docket number
E2022-01058-SC-R11-CV
Date

Tennessee Supreme Court held that company’s termination of an at-will employee for petitioning legislators about Covid-19 vaccine requirements did not fall within a “violates clear public policy” exception to at-will employment. Because the state constitutional right to petition only constrains the government, not private parties, a private employer does not violate public policy by terminating an employee for exercising that right.

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