Legal Opinion
City of Virginia Beach v. Harris
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 14, 2000No. Record 990535PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kinser
Brendhan B. Harris was terminated from his employment as a police officer with the City of Virginia Beach (the City) Police Department. Harris subsequently filed this common law cause of action for wrongful discharge against the City and several members of the police department. The circuit court struck the City’s evidence and held it liable as a matter of law, and a jury returned a verdict against the individual defendants and assessed damages against all the defendants. We awarded the City and the individual defendants this appeal.
On appeal, we will address two issues; (1) whether Harris’…
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