Exclusive Remedy No Protection When Firing Whistleblower

An employer that allegedly inflicted intentional emotional distress on a human resources executive who alerted in-house attorneys that the company might owe back overtime pay is not protected by workers' compensation immunity, the California 3rd District Court of Appeal ruled in an unpublished opinion. The court overturned a trial court's summary judgment in favor of the defendant in Horganic v. Ebara Technologies, No. C053199, 10/26/2007. Plaintiff Craig Horganic charged that his superiors fired him from his job as human resources vice president because he ...