ESTER B. JERSEY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JOHN MUIR MEDICAL CENTER et al. , Defendants and Respondents. STATEMENT OF FACTS Plaintiff was employed by the defendant medical center in various nursing assistant and technician positions for approximately seven years. Discharging an employee for exercising a right is tortious only if the criteria enumerated in Gantt and subsequent decisions are met. The public policy that is violated must be one that is delineated by constitutional, statutory, or regulatory provisions. Suing a patient who cannot be held accountable for his actions because of a medical or psychological condition fits neither our mission nor its values.

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