The case highlights the issues of an at-will employee termination for holding claims against the third party, which is against the public policy according to Oklahoma's Open Record Act. According to Justice Robert E. Lavender an employer has a right to terminate the employment of an employee, when the employee insisted to carry on a claim against the third party under the stipulation of Oklahoma's Open Record Act. Further he indicated that there is no “public policy exception” associated with such a firing.