Pre Paid Legal - George Tabb Would not take my case of unlawful termination of an employer, company broke the law concerning safety issues, ripoff Ada Oklahoma

Unfortunately, the PPL lawyers were probably correct in determining that you had no case. It doesn't have anything to do with the "right to work" law, which has to do with union membership requirements, not discharges.

The correct reason why you likely have no case is that NC, like every other state, has at-will employment laws. This means that you can be terminated at any time, for any reason, with the exception of discrimination laws.

However, some states have a certain type of law in place that could help you (IF NC has such a law, but most states do not).

Basically, in some states, you can succeed on a wrongful termination case if the reason for your termination was your refusal to violate the law. An attorney with only a basic understanding of employment law probably wouldn't even be familiar with this legal theory.

As far as an attorney who isn't intimately familiar with employment law is concerned, non-contracted employment is at will and, in the absence of discrimination, there is no viable wrongful termination claim.

So if your provided attorney did not specialize in employment law, and if NC has the above-mentioned law (which, as I said, isn't likely in the first place), then you were likely a victim of legal malpractice.

Otherwise, your provided atorney was probably correct in his determination. That certainly doesn't excuse bad customer service, and I am by no means a PPL advocate, but it is more likely than not that you did, in fact, not have a case.

Sure is curious so many different people just happened to follow up with positive rebuttals to the multitude of seemingly legitimate complants of Prepaid Legal. . Damage control by Prepaid Legal perhaps? Uhhh.....that's my take on this thread.

These attorneys have the right to refuse any case if they feel it's unmeritious. The associate should've explained that to you. Also however if you want you could've asked the attorney or customer service for a referreral attorney of someone who might think the case is meritious. Pre-paid legal gives you that option and chance. Where do you get that anywhere else? I apologize however it sounds like the associate just didn't explain what you had properly to know. This is more gear'd towards working outside of court and settling and the forms service center honestly anyways.