Owen v. Board of Educ. of County of Mercer

In this appeal, the appellant and plaintiff below, Rebecca D. Owen, seeks to set aside the January 21, 1993, order of the Circuit Court of Mercer County that dismissed her complaint based on the defendants’ motion to dismiss for failure to state a cause of action under Rule 12(b)(6) of the West Virginia Rules of Civil Procedure.

The complaint filed by Ms. Owen stated that she was employed by the Mercer County Board of Education (Board) as a teacher of behaviorally disordered children and was terminated from her employment at the end of the school year when her contract was not renewed. The…