Blankenship v. Mingo County Economic Opportunity Commission, Inc.

The Mingo County Economic Opportunity Commission (hereinafter EOC) appeals from a jury verdict entered in the Circuit Court of Mingo County in favor of a former employee of the EOC, Earlene Blankenship, who brought suit against the EOC seeking to be rehired under an implied contract theory. The EOC asserts numerous assignments of error and seeks to have the jury verdict set aside. Upon consideration of the record before us, we conclude that there is no reversible error.

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Ms. Blankenship was employed by the EOC as one of five district directors. She earned an annual salary of approximately…