Rubin v. American Society of Travel Agents, Inc.

BY JUDGE LISA B. KEMLER

This matter comes before the Court on the defendant’s demurrer to the complaint in this wrongful termination suit. After oral argument on February 27, 2008, the Court took under advisement two questions of first impression raised by that demurrer. Do the narrow exceptions to the at-will employment doctrine articulated by the Virginia Supreme Court in Rowan v. Tractor Supply Co., 263 Va. 209, 213-14, 559 S.E.2d 709 (2002), permit a wrongful termination claim by an attorney employee discharged for his refusal to engage in conduct prohibited by the Unauthorized Practice…