Legal Opinion
Mitchem v. Counts
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 14, 2000No. Record 990399PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Keenan
*183In this appeal, we consider two issues: 1) whether Code § 2.1-725(D) of the Virginia Human Rights Act (VHRA), Code §§ 2.1-714 through -725, bars a common law action for wrongful termination of employment based on a violation of public policy not reflected in the VHRA, when the conduct alleged also violates a public policy reflected in the VHRA; and 2) whether a violation of the public policies embodied in two criminal statutes may support such a common law action.
Vicki Lynn Mitchem filed a motion for judgment against her former employer Durwood L. Counts,1 alleging that he had wrongfully…
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