Williamson v. Greene

McHUGH, Justice:

This case is before this Court upon four certified questions 1 from the Circuit Court of Jefferson County regarding whether the employing entity in this case is an “employer” under W.Va.Code, 5-ll-3(d) [1994] of the West Virginia Human Rights Act and, if the employing entity is not a statutory employer, whether the plaintiff can nevertheless maintain a sex discrimination claim under the Human Rights Act directly against her supervisor. We are also asked to address whether the plaintiff can maintain a cause of action at common law against her former employer for retaliatory…