California is at-will, but with a good-faith rider. Arbitrarily or maliciously firing someone would probably be grounds for a dispute. I don't think that dispu

California is at-will, but with a good-faith rider. Arbitrarily or maliciously firing someone would probably be grounds for a dispute. I don't think that dispute would be successful in this case, where some demonstrably poor judgment with predictable consequences was used, but IANAL. Edit: but as pointed out below, this company is in CO.