Legal Opinion
Kanagy v. Fiesta Salons, Inc.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided December 5, 2000No. 27775PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCOTT, Justice.
This matter is before the Court on a certified question from the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, Beckley Division. The certified question has been posed as follows:
Is there a substantial public policy in the State of West Virginia, embodied in West Virginia Code § 30-l-5(b) and § 30-27-1 et seq. and the regulations established thereunder, express or implied, which would support a claim for wrongful discharge where an employee is allegedly discharged for providing truthful information to an Investigator for the Board of Barbers and…
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- Coman v. Thomas Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1989
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