In an employment termination action, trial court judgment is affirmed in part and reversed in part where: 1) there was substantial evidence that defendant violated public policy in dismissing plaintiff; and 2) there was insufficient evidence of malice, fraud or oppression to support the award of punitive damages.   

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Appellate InformationAPPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Placer County, James D. Garbolino, Judge. Reversed in part and affirmed in part.THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICTFiled: June 30, 2009

JudgesBefore BLEASE, Acting P.J., SIMS ,J., NICHOLSON, J. Opinion by BLEASE, Acting P.J.

CounselFor Plaintiff: Mary-Alice Coleman and James C. Ashworth.For Defendant: Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Bruce A. Scheidt, Kristianne T. Seargeant and Meredith Packer.

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