Bradick v. Grumman Data Systems Corp.

*158By order entered on January 15, 1997, this Court accepted the certification, by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, of the following question of Virginia law:

Does the common law of Virginia provide a wrongful discharge remedy to an employee of an employer covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq., where the employee is discharged on account of his disability or the employer’s perception of his disability?

Background

The question arises from a civil action brought by Andrew Bradick against his former employer, Grumman Data Systems Corporation…