Burton v. Central Fidelity Bank

By JUDGE WILLIAM W. SWEENEY

Hearings on defendants’ demurrers were argued on September 14, 1988, and October 19, 1988. Comprehensive and well-written briefs have been filed and reviewed.

According to the amended motion for judgment, plaintiff, employee, sues Central Fidelity Bank, employer, and its agent, Betty Cooper McKinney, on five counts.

Plaintiff, a fifteen-year employee of Bank, had no written contract of employment for a definite term. Thus, she and the Bank had the mutual right to sever their relationship after reasonable notice. See Miller v. SEVAMP, Inc., 234 Va. 462, 326 S.E.2d 915…