PERCIVAL v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 75-1879.

539 F.2d 1126 (1976)

Worth H. PERCIVAL, Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, a corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 21, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman C. Parker, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant; Mary Ann Weems, St. Louis, Mo., on brief.

James E. McDaniel, St. Louis, Mo., for appellee; Doris J. Banta, St. Louis, Mo., and J. R. Wheatley, Detroit, Mich., on brief.

Before HEANEY and HENLEY, Circuit Judges, and SCHATZ, District Judge.


HENLEY, Circuit Judge.

Worth H. Percival, appellant here and plaintiff below, brought this action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri against the defendant, General Motors Corporation, to recover actual and punitive damages for allegedly wrongful discharge from his employment at an executive level. Subject matter jurisdiction was predicated upon diversity of citizenship and the requisite amount in controversy.

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