In an unpublished opinion, the New Jersey Appellate Division weighed whether the state “Whistleblower Act” applies to an employee complaint for wrongful termination brought against Bioreference Laboratories Inc. in retaliation for objections over lab operations in Houston, Texas.

On July 18, 2016, Stephanie Halliday began working as a night clinical supervisor at Bioreference’s Houston laboratory. The company is headquartered in Elmwood Park, New Jersey, and operates laboratories in three other states. The clinical facilities are governed by the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, according to the opinion filed Wednesday.