U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii
District court dismissed former employee's state wrongful discharge claim, because government contract violations involve no clear mandate of public policy. District court dismissed former employee's state whistleblower act constructive claim because concerns about possible safety or government contract violations were not sufficiently intolerable that reasonable employee would have felt compelled to resign. McCaughey v. Ansaldo Honolulu JV, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3521 (D. Haw. Jan. 12, 2016).
Note: We analyze cases to learn rules the courts will follow or disappoint us if they don't. Rules that the courts follow allow us to behave and provide explanations they accept. But competent advocates may limit the rules to the facts of the case where they are discussed, or expand rules by showing that differences in other cases are irrelevant.