In this case, the employer will disavow any knowledge of an illegal order.RoyGBiv wrote:Almost...alvins wrote:i certainly hope he is a contract employee. otherwise texas is an at will state and you can be fired for no reason or any reason other then discrimination.
http://www.rscooklaw.com/sabinepilot.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;"Sabine Pilot" is the abbreviated name of a case decided by the Supreme Court of Texas in 1985, Sabine Pilot Serv. v. Hauck (Tex. 1985). In that case, the Supreme Court recognized a narrow exception to the general "at will" doctrine of employment in Texas, and found that an at-will employee may sue his/her employer if he/she is fired for refusing to commit an illegal act.
Their story is they fired him for violation of their no-firearms policy, which any competent attorney can probably take apart.
