A federal judge in New Jersey has ruled that a plaintiff alleging he was fired from Public Service Electric & Gas Co. for blowing the whistle cannot pursue separate wrongful termination claims under the state’s Conscientious Employee Protection Act and common law.

U.S. District Judge John Vazquez, sitting in Newark, on Tuesday dismissed plaintiff Robert Hrinuk’s common-law wrongful termination claim. Hrinuk’s allegation that PSE&G wrongfully terminated him in violation of CEPA remains alive.

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