Townsend v. L.W.M. Management, Inc.

ROBERT M. BELL, Judge.

William S. Townsend, III, appellant, former manager of L’Auberge Restaurant at the Gateway Motel in Ocean City, Maryland, was discharged by Leighton W. Moore, Jr., the president of L.W.M. Management, Inc. d/b/a Gateway Motel, Inc., appellees, after he took a lie detector test 1 initiated by appellees. Appellant filed suit for abusive discharge against appellee in the Circuit Court for Worcester County. Appellee’s motion for directed verdict 2 at the end of appellant’s case was granted by the court on the grounds that it was uncontroverted that the test was not required…