Legal Opinion
Sea-Land Service, Inc. v. O'NEAL
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided December 3, 1982No. Record 800856PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarrico, C.J.
In the court below, Nancy O’Neal (O’Neal) filed a motion for judgment seeking compensatory and punitive damages against Sea-Land Service, Inc. (Sea-Land), for its alleged breach of an employment contract and its alleged fraud in inducing O’Neal to resign from, one position in return for a promise, never fulfilled, of employment in another. A jury awarded O’Neal $125,000 in compensatory damages but denied her any punitive award. Sea-Land has appealed.
The record shows that O’Neal was first employed by Sea-Land in 1970 as a teletype operator/messenger in its Portsmouth terminal. Through a series…
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