Legal Opinion
Washington v. Guest Services, Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 17, 1998No. 96-CV-997PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
This appeal presents two important questions regarding the application of our recent decision in Carl v. Children’s Hosp., 702 A.2d 159 (D.C.1997) (en banc) (Carl II), in which we expanded in some measure the circumstances under which an “at will” employee may recover against his or her employer in an action for wrongful discharge. Specifically, we must decide
1. whether the standard articulated in Carl II applies retroactively to cases in which the complaining employee was discharged prior to September 23, 1997 (the date on which Carl II was decided); and, if so,
2.…
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