Legal Opinion
Burgess v. Gateway Communications, Inc.
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided November 10, 1998No. Civil Action 2-97-0953PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HADEN, Chief Judge.
Pending is Defendants’ motion for summary judgment as to Counts I, IV, and V of Plaintiffs Complaint. 1 For reasons discussed below, the Court GRANTS the motion and resolves the case.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
The factual background to this lawsuit is straightforward and simply stated. Burgess was employed by WCHS-TV. He left that job in April, 1995 to take a job as account executive with WOWK-TV 13, a television station owned and operated by Gateway Communications, Inc. (“Gateway”). In May, 1997 Gateway discharged Burgess, citing a poor evaluation and…
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