Legal Opinion

Katayoon Bereston v. UHS of Delaware, Inc. & District Hospital Partners, LP, d/b/a George Washington University Hospital

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided March 8, 2018No. 15-CV-244PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Concurring opinion by Senior Judge Ferren at page 115.

Opinion by Associate Judge McLeese, concurring in part and dissenting in part, at page 117.

Glickman, Associate Judge:

Katayoon Bereston appeals the dismissal of her complaint under Superior Court Civil Rule 12 (b)(6) for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. At issue are two counts in which Ms. Bereston invoked the District of Columbia's judicially-created public policy exception to the doctrine of at-will employment. In the first count, Ms. Bereston asserted that George Washington University Hospital ("the Hospital")…

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