Case: Individual Employment Rights/Wrongful Discharge (Colo.)

The Colorado Supreme Court answered a certified question in the affirmative, ruling that Colorado law recognizes a public-policy exception to the at-will employment doctrine allowing wrongful termination claims when employees are fired for exercising their right to self-defense, in a case involving a 72-year-old age-protected store clerk at Circle K Stores, Inc. who was terminated after defending herself from an armed robber, finding that both statutory and constitutional self-defense rights are clearly expressed, public rather than individual rights that are job-related since the need for self-defense can occur at work.

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