In Ballalatak V

In Ballalatak v. All Iowa Agriculture Association, where Ballalatak contended that he was fired for inquiring into whether the company was fulfilling its workers' compensation obligation and the general manager claimed he was fired for insubordination, the Iowa state supreme court held that Ballalatak:

A) could not sue for wrongful discharge because he was not fired on the same day that he made the inquiry about the injured workers' compensation
B) should have been awarded damages of up to $10,000 for wrongful discharge
C) could not sue for wrongful discharge because Iowa law does not protect an employee who advocates internally for another employee's workers' compensation claims
D) could sue for wrongful discharge because Iowa law protects an employee who advocates internally for another employee's workers' compensation claims
E) none of the other choices are correct