West v. Salt River Project Camest West thought that his employer could force him to retire at age 65. When he found
out that they couldn't, and that others had retired shortly after he did with generous additional retirement benefits, he filed suit alleging age discrimination. The court dismissed his case because he couldn't prove that
anyone told him he had to retire when he did. Chavez v. Copper State Rubber Co. When Andy Chavez was fired for refusing to give preferential
treatment to non-union employees, the NLRB told his wife they couldn't help him because he was a supervisor. He filed suit, and the employer convinced the court that his lawsuit was preempted because he could have gone to the
NLRB. The information his wife had been given was wrong in this case, but it was too late to do anything about it. Galati v. America West Airlines
Charles Galati was a flight attendant for America West. He was fired for refusing to continue flying with insufficient sleep. He claimed this was a wrongful discharge because it violated an FAA rule to
require him to fly without minimum sleep requirements. The court dismissed the case, holding that federal regulations do not fall within the definition of "public policy" under Arizona law. |