Cavalier v. C. Machine Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
May 2014
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on White v. Metropolitan Medical Center · In Re Claim of Tilseth · Tilseth v. Midwest Lumber Co. · Zepp v. Arthur Treacher Fish & Chips, Inc. · Windsperger v. Broadway Liquor Outlet
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“[w]hile, by itself, we might have characterized [employee's] language as a single hotheaded incident, in fact that language was the last incident in a series of conduct evidencing a disregard for the employer's interests.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“read and acknowledge the warning notice which [his boss] attempted to hand him,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“F*** you. Stick it up your a**, Whiskey Breath.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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