Wrongful Discharge and Workplace Torts

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  1. 3. Employees who report or attempt to report employer wrongdoing or actions threatening public health or safety to government authorities.
  2. 7. Employment ____-______ Holds that an employee who has not been hired for an express period of time can be fired at any time for any reason (or none at all).
  3. 8. A spoken falsehood.
  4. 10. Opinions of a judge or appellate panel of judges that are tangential to the rule, holding, and decision which are at the core of the judicial pronouncement.
  5. 11. A contractual relationship, the terms are conditions of which must be inferred from the contracting parties’ behavior toward one another is a(n) ________ contract.
  6. 12. secrets Proprietary information protected by common law or state statute
  7. 14. A purposely outrageous conduct causing emotional harm: _______ infliction of emotional distress.
  8. 17. A liability in which the plaintiff prevails without proving negligence.
  9. 18. Reduction in rank, salary, or job title as a punishment: Retaliatory _______.
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  1. 1. Carelessly outrageous conduct causing emotional harm is ______ infliction of emotional distress.
  2. 2. An intentional, false and harmful communication. One of the most commonly committed workplace torts.
  3. 4. Unprivileged intrusion into a contractual relation is tortious _______ with contract.
  4. 5. A contract in which the terms are explicitly stated is a(n) _______ contract.
  5. 6. A written falsehood.
  6. 9. Although the employee is employed at will, termination is illegal if a clear and significant mandate of law is damaged if the firing is permitted to stand unchallenged, through Public Policy _______.
  7. 13. Immunity from a suit in the absence of malice is a(n) _______ privilege.
  8. 15. A private or civil wrong or injury, caused by one party to another, either intentionally or negligently.
  9. 16. Judge-made law as opposed to statutes and ordinances enacted by legislative bodies.