Tiernan v. Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc.

DAVIS, Chief Justice:

This is an appeal by Betty A. Tiernan, appellant/plaintiff, (hereinafter “Ms. Tier-nan”) from two orders entered by the Circuit Court of Kanawha County granting summary judgment to Charleston Area Medical Center, appellee/defendant, (hereinafter “CAMC”). The plaintiff asserted numerous theories of liability regarding the termination of her employment by CAMC. The circuit court made the following rulings on those theories: that as a matter of law Ms. Tier-nan’s constitutional theories of liability did not apply to a private employer; that Ms. Tiernan’s statutory claims…