Parker v. Family Services of Tidewater, Inc.

By Judge Everett A. Martin, Jr.

The plaintiff has filed a motion for judgment for wrongful discharge from employment. The first count alleges the defendant breached its duty of good faith and fair dealing that was implied by the plaintiffs employment relationship with the defendant and the defendant’s employee handbook. The second count alleges that the plaintiffs termination by reason of her race was in violation of the public policy of the Commonwealth. In her motion for judgment, she recites portions of three paragraphs of the employee handbook that governed her employment, but she does not…