Governor’s COVID-19 Orders Are Not Public Policy, Pennsylvania Federal Court Says
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In January, a federal judge found that the Pennsylvania governor’s COVID-19 related executive orders do not constitute public policy, and that terminating an employee after reporting violations of those orders is not wrongful. This decision is an early indicator that a current strategy of the plaintiffs’ bar in elevating COVID-19 public health orders to support wrongful discharge claims may not gain universal acceptance in the courts.
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