Legal Opinion
Kassem v. Washington Hospital Center
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 22, 2008No. 06-7161PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GARLAND.
GARLAND, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Fady Kassem brought this diversity action charging his former employer, Washington Hospital Center, with wrongful discharge and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The district court dismissed each claim, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
I
Because the district court dismissed Kassem’s complaint pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6), the following description of the facts treats the complaint’s…
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