We're not talking about highschool dropouts here. You can creatively lawyer up just about anything. Often the mere threat of a lawsuit is enough to get people to the table. And people will usually give something just to avoid the cost of getting the lawyers involved.
But, you want to talk stories, eh? I worked in an at-will state years ago while in college in an office with an admin who routinely showed up late, called her boyfriend in Italy on the company line, and took two hour lunches. Finally the boss had had enough and fired her one morning when she showed up after 11:00 AM hungover. Result? $10,000 out of court settlement to avoid a wrongful termination lawsuit. She had all kinds of sexual harassment allegations ready to come out of the woodworks, true or not.
In other words, don't be naive. You f*** with the wrong person, you're going to pay $10k just to get rid of them. And you'll think it's a bargain.