The following excerpt is from U.S. & Cal. ex rel. O'Neill v. Somnia, Inc., No. 1:15-cv-00433-DAD-EPG (E.D. Cal. 2018):
Relator's eighth cause of action alleges wrongful termination in violation of public policy. As defendants correctly point out, relator's public policy claim is wholly derivative of relator's other causes of action. (See Doc. No. 48-1 at 31) (citing Cuevas v. SkyWest Airlines, 17 F. Supp. 3d 956, 967 (N.D. Cal. 2014)). Because the court has denied defendants' motion to dismiss those claims, it will also deny defendants' motion to dismiss relator's public policy claim.
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