Sears, Roebuck and Co. v. Wholey

DEBORAH S. EYLER, Judge.

After Sears, Roebuck and Co. (“Sears”), the appellant, terminated Edward L. Wholey, the appellee, from his position as Security Supervisor at the Sears store in Glen Bumie, Maryland, Wholey sued Sears and Paul Eiseman, a Regional Manager of Asset Protection Services for Sears, for wrongful discharge and defamation, among other claims. The case was tried before a jury, in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, which returned a verdict against Sears on Wholey’s wrongful discharge claim, in favor of Sears on the defamation claim, and in favor of Eiseman on both…