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WRONGFUL DISCHARGE – CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION ACT – CONTRACTS – EMPLOYMENT – SCOPE OF THE ACT

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Phath v. Cent. Transp. LLC, 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 2161 (January 28, 2026) Bibas, Circuit Judge. Before: Bibas, Scirica, and Smith, Circuit Judges. Job hunting is never easy; having a criminal conviction makes it much harder. So, Pennsylvania law limits when and how employers may use an applicant’s criminal history. When Rodney Phath interviewed for […]

WRONGFUL DISCHARGE – WHISTLEBLOWER – MCARE ACT – CONTRACT – EMPLOYMENT

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Brader v. Allegheny Health Network, 2025 Pa. Super. LEXIS 555 (December 2, 2025) Bender, P.J.E. Judges: BEFORE: BOWES, J., OLSON, J., and BENDER, P.J.E. OPINION BY BENDER, P.J.E. Opinion by: BENDER Appellants, Allegheny Health Network (“AHN”) and AHN Medical Group (“Medical Group”), appeal from the trial court’s May 20, 2024, order denying their motion for […]

WRONGFUL DISCHARGE – WHISTLEBLOWER LAW CRITERIA – WHISTLEBLOWER LAW

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Bailer v. Shipley Energy Co., 2025 Pa. Super. LEXIS 227 (May 21, 2025) Lazarus, P.J. Bailer filed a complaint alleging a violation of the Pennsylvania Whistleblower Law and wrongful termination pursuant to Pennsylvania common law. Following the close of discovery, Appellees filed a motion for summary judgment, seeking rulings, inter alia, that, under the Whistleblower […]

WRONGFUL DISCHARGE-MEDICAL MARIJUANA USER

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Washabaugh v. Gaudenzia, Inc., 2024 Pa. Super. LEXIS 194 (May 17, 2024) (Olson, J.). Appellant, Ali Washabaugh, appeals from the order entered August 29, 2023, granting Appellee Gaudenzia, Inc.’s (“Gaudenzia”) motion for judgment on the pleadings and dismissing her complaint with prejudice. We affirm. Appellant challenges the trial court’s determination that a two-year statute of […]

WRONGFUL DISCHARGE-NATIONALITY

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Qing Qin v. Vertex, Inc., 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 10686, 2024 WL 1920379 (3d Cir. May 2, 2024) (Rendell, C.J.). Plaintiff-Appellant Qing Qin is Chinese. He alleges he was denied a promotion and wrongfully terminated from his position as a software architect based on his race and national origin and was retaliated against for complaining […]

WRONGFUL DISCHARGE-INTERFERENCE WITH CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS

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Salsberg v. Mann, 2024 Pa. LEXIS 233, 2024 WL 696428 (February 21, 2024) (Brobson, J.). This discretionary matter concerns a claim brought by Cara Salsberg (Salsberg), a former at-will employee of Drexel University (University), against her former supervisor, Donna Mann (Mann), asserting that Mann intentionally interfered with Salsberg’s contractual relationship with Drexel by taking actions […]