Law for Business 12th Edition by James Barnes,Terry Dworkin,Eric Richards

Exercise 7

Akers, a licensed practical nurse (LPN) who worked for Southwood, a long-term care and rehabilitation facility, was assigned to care for 140 patients by herself. She wrote a letter to the assistant director explaining she could not care for them safely and she refused to violate the patient care laws. She was fired almost immediately. Was Akers's firing a wrongful discharge in violation of public policy? Why?