Legal Opinion
Thomas J. Merlo v. United Way of America, and Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 22, 1994No. 93-1863PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Senior Judge HARVEY wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge ERVIN and Judge NIEMEYER joined.
OPINION.ALEXANDER HARVEY, II, Senior District Judge:
In early 1992, appellant Thomas J. Merlo was discharged from his position as Assistant Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of ap-pellee United Way of America (United Way). This discharge came in the wake of a Washington Post investigation of United Way which resulted in nationally publicized allegations concerning financial improprieties, mismanagement and lavish spending by United Way’s upper management. The published…
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