Mullins v. Virginia Lutheran Homes, Inc.

By Judge Clifford R. Weckstein

For the reasons that follow, the court will order that the plaintiff’s former employer pay $32,847.50 in attorney’s fees to Terry N. Grimes for his successful prosecution of an unlawful discharge claim against the employer.

“Theresa A. Mullins filed a motion for judgment against her former employer, Virginia Lutheran Homes, Inc. (the employer). She alleged under Code § 65.2-308 that the employer discharged her from her employment for filing a workers’ compensation claim.” Mullins v. Virginia Lutheran Homes, 253 Va. 116, 117, 479 S.E.2d 530 (1997). Code § 65.2-308…