Legal Opinion
Kessler v. Equity Management, Inc.
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided May 3, 1990No. 1217, September Term, 1989PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLOOM, Judge.
A jury in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County returned a verdict for the defendant in an action for wrongful discharge brought by Bernice T. Kessler against Equity Management, Inc. 1
In this appeal from the judgment entered on that verdict, Ms. Kessler presents a heptad of issues, phrased as follows:
1. Did the trial judge err in refusing to instruct the jury that for an employer to fire an at-will employee for refusing to invade -the privacy of tenants by snooping in their apartments would be against the public policy of Maryland and would constitute a wrongful discharge?
2.…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Patton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Grunewald v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Tehan v. United States Ex Rel. ShottSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Tehan v. United States ex rel. ShottSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Adams v. George W. Cochran & Co., Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- Shapiro v. MassengillCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1995
- Wholey v. RoebuckCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2002
- Donn Milton, Dr. v. Iit Research InstituteCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1998
- Miller v. Fairchild Industries, Inc.Court of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1993
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